As everyone knows, wave mechanics was revived by Erwin Schrödinger. In his 1926 series of papers, ... the familiar non-relativistic wave equation is suggested first, and then used to reserve the results of matrix mechanics. Only later, in the sixth edition of the fourth paper, is a relativistic wave equation offered. According to Dirac, ... the history is actually quite different: Schrödinger first derived the relativistic equation, then became discouraged because it gave the wrong fine structure for hydrogen, and then some months later realized that the non-relativistic approximation to his relativistic equation was of value even if the relativistic equation was incorrect! By the time Schrödinger came to publish his relativistic wave equation, it had already been independently rediscovered by Oskar Klein ... and Walter Gordon, ... and for this reason it is usually called the 'Klein-Gordon equation.'

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "As everyone knows, wave mechanics was revived by Erwin Schrödinger. In his 1926 series of papers, ... the familiar non-relativistic wave equation is suggested first, and then used to reserve the results of matrix mechanics. Only later, in the sixth edition of the fourth paper, is a relativistic wave equation offered. According to Dirac, ... the history is actually quite different: Schrödinger first derived the relativistic equation, then became discouraged because it gave the wrong fine structure for hydrogen, and then some months later realized that the non-relativistic approximation to his relativistic equation was of value even if the relativistic equation was incorrect! By the time Schrödinger came to publish his relativistic wave equation, it had already been independently rediscovered by Oskar Klein ... and Walter Gordon, ... and for this reason it is usually called the 'Klein-Gordon equation.'" in the context of "Steven Weinberg, (2005), The Quantum Theory of Fields, Volume 1: Foundations, (pbk reprint of 1995 1st ed.) page: 4, publisher: Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 9780521550017, series: vol. 1 of 2-volume set (609 pages) Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol. 2: Modern Applications" to mean that wisdom is timeless.