Edwin Hubble vs Erwin Schrödinger
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Compare the life timelines of Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) and Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 64 years, from 1889 to 1953.
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Edwin Hubble (1889–1953)
- — Born in Marshfield, Missouri Verified
- — Studied law at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar Verified
- — Graduated from the University of Chicago Verified
- — Earned PhD in astronomy from the University of Chicago Verified
- — Joined the staff of Mount Wilson Observatory Verified
- — Identified a Cepheid variable in the Andromeda Nebula Verified
- — Married Grace Burke Leib Verified
- — Published the velocity-distance relation now known as Hubble's law Verified
- — Helped commission the 200-inch Hale Telescope at Palomar Verified
- — Died in San Marino, California Verified
Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961)
- — Born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary Verified
- — Received doctorate in physics from the University of Vienna Verified
- — Married Annemarie Bertel Verified
- — Appointed professor of theoretical physics at the University of Zurich Verified
- — Published the Schrödinger wave equation Verified
- — Succeeded Max Planck as professor at the University of Berlin Verified
- — Left Germany after the Nazi rise to power and shared the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Proposed the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment Verified
- — Joined the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Verified
- — Died in Vienna, Austria Verified