标题: Erwin Schrödinger, a Nobel Laureate in Physics [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 4-13-2013 12:42 标题: Erwin Schrödinger, a Nobel Laureate in Physics Gino Segrè, Does the Moon Exist When I'm Not Looking. Wall Street Journal, Apr 13, 2013 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 98412429371682.html
(book review on John Gribbin, Erwin Schrödinger and the Quantum Revolution. Wiley, 2013)
* Erwin can be
(i) either a Scottish, English, and Irish surname, as variant of Irvin/Irwin;
(ii) OR a German surname, "from the personal name Erwin, from Herwin, a compound of Old High German heri ‘army’ + wini ‘friend.’"
(b) The review mentions a journal "Annalen der Physik."
(i) annalen: "annals; chronological records"
Both the German noun "annalen" and English noun "annals" exists in plural form ONLY (no singular form, that is), derived from Latin "annales, from plural of annalis yearly — more at ANNUAL" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annals
(ii) physik (noun feminine): "physics" 作者: choi 时间: 4-13-2013 12:46
(c) Gino (given name) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_(given_name)