Quantum Theory without Observers—Part One
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 51 (3) , 42-46
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882184
Abstract
Since its inception some 70 years ago and despite its extraordinary predictive successes, quantum mechanics has been plagued by conceptual difficulties. Plainly put, the basic problem is this: It is not at all clear what quantum mechanics is about. What, in fact, does quantum mechanics describe?Keywords
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