Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen introduced the concept of subatomic particle entanglement in 1935.
It was also A. Einstein who introduced the quantization of photon energy via his famous photoelectric effect equation which later in 1920 won the Noble Prize.
It was A. Einstein who inspired his brilliant student E. Shrodinger to introduce his famous S.E equation, considered the heart of QM quantum mechanics.
They both went to the Copenhagen conference in 1928 to explain their own interpretation of S.E. but they were shocked by the severe opposition of N. Bohr and W. Heisenberg as well as several of their iron guards.
Now the question arises: can we see Einstein as the adversary of QM or as its father?
I do agree with mr. Preston Guynn .
Einstein did not introduce quantum entanglement. In fact, he opposed it because this concept of quantum entanglement violates one of the principle postulates of the special theory of relativity i.e. nothing can travel faster than light in space. Also, the quantization of photon energy was introduced by Max Planck.
No doubt that A. Einstein was a great scientist and he revolutionized physics. He introduced new ways to look at things and opened ways for new concepts and theories.
Many of the fundamental laws of physics were proposed by him. It is also true that a large part of quantum mechanics is backed by Einstein, but he never really supported it.
He opposed QM - and even though he was the one to bring revolution to physics from classical physics to modern one- due to his opposition to QM he is often viewed as a supporter of classical physics.
E. Schrodinger's Equation and interpreation was completely based on mathetics and physical, whereas same can not be said for QM.
QM works most of the times on predictions rather than accurate results which makes it very difficult to if anything is fundamnetal in QM.
So, Einstien was an adversary to QM and according to me his oppososition it was justified and correct.
Schrödinger wasn’t Einstein’s student. Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen didn’t introduce quantum entanglement-they pointed out that superpositions must be taken into account, even though they didn’t possess a classical limit. Einstein was among the fathers of quantum mechanics.
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