Geek and Nerd Pride Day!

Yes, it's really a thing. 
If you aren't familiar with the physical WHHS LMC: we have a "today is" board on which we draw attention to some of the rather obscure holidays (we also do a word of the day).  Today is Memorial Day, and we honor those who have given their lives so that I can do things like write this blog freely.  But, it's also Geek and Nerd Pride Day!  In THAT honor...
I just finished Einstien's Dice and Schrodinger's Cat: How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics by Paul Halpern.  Wait, what?
Yes, it sounds like some seriously heavy reading full of theoretical physics.  Yes, there are some references that I needed to Google to understand, BUT it was more about the relationship between the two men.  We all know Albert Einstein.  But who is this Schrodinger guy?  If you are a "The Big Bang Theory" fan, you are well aware of this most famous experiment (which, I learned, never really happened, it was just a THEORY) now known as Schrodinger's Cat, exposing a cat to radiation and leaving said cat in a box (is the cat dead or alive?).  Sheldon, Penny, and Leonard of TBBT do a good job breaking that one down into colloquial terms, so I won't do it here.
Back to the book.  Einstein and Schrodinger were friends and collaborators working to define, well, everything.  The so-called God theory.  The theory of all that was, is, and will be.  At first they worked together, but rumors and gossip in the press ruined their friendship and pitted them against each other.  The public seemed to love Einstein, perhaps simply because he was more well known to start with, while distrusting of Schrodinger.  Schrodinger had a wife and live-in mistress (and perhaps there was more to that I won't get into here).  He switched political and religious affiliations and allegiances when it suited him and his career.  And he did that horrible experiment on a CAT! (Though not really.)
This one was recommended to me on Amazon based on prior searches.  I have no idea what I searched for that led to this one.  Unless it was the BAZINGA (Sheldon) shirt for my son?  Either way, I really liked this book.  If you are a science geek, definitely check this one out! 
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