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Ursula Le Guin: the pioneering author we should thank for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat

27 May 2024 Robert P Crease

Robert P Crease pays tribute to the science-fiction writer Ursula K Le Guin, who 50 years ago introduced Schrödinger’s famous image into popular culture

Black and white sketch of a curled up cat
Feline inspiration Sketch by Ursula K Le Guin of her cat Lorenzo. A lifelong cat lover, in 1974 she published a short story called “Schrödinger’s cat” in the science-fiction anthology Universe 5. (Copyright and courtesy of the Ursula K Le Guin Foundation)
The world’s most famous cat is everywhere. It appears on cartoons, T-shirts, board games, puzzle b

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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