Monday, November 9, 2009

Schrodinger was right on the money!

In 1983 Austria introduced this bank note featuring Erwin Schroedinger. Note the Psi! But where is the cat?


It is interesting they also introduced a 50 Schilling note with Sigmund Freud and a 5000 Schilling note for Mozart. Is this a relative measure of their contributions to culture and society?

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