AaS! 187: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 5: Dreams of Copenhagen)
Ask a Spaceman!
Paul M. Sutter
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🗓️ 1 November 2022
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Part 5! What is the Copenhagen interpretation? How did the debates between Heisenberg and Schrodinger influence later physicists? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the “shut up and calculate” approach to quantum mechanics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode of Ask a Spaceman is brought to you by CHRP. |
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| 1:25.0 | For those of you just tuning in, we are now in part five of our adventures into the subatomic realm. |
| 1:32.4 | And to be perfectly honest, we've come a long way. |
| 1:35.3 | I'm very proud of you for making it this far. |
| 1:37.2 | We've learned the basics of quantum theory as understood by physicists. |
| 1:41.8 | We've learned the place that quantum mechanics has in physics as a |
| 1:46.5 | larger expression of human curiosity. And we've met some of the cast of characters who, at the |
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