Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger lays the foundations of quantum wave mechanics. In a series papers he describes his partial differential equation that is the basic equation of quantum mechanics and bears the same relation to the mechanics of the atom as Newton's equations of motion bear to planetary astronomy.
The image above is based on the "particle in a box" analytical solution to the Schrödinger wave equation.
This timeline entry suggestion courtesy of
Professor David L. Andrews, UEA.
