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Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics

Chad Orzel · TED

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Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this famous question: If you put a cat in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of killing the cat in the next hour, what will be the state of the cat when that time is up? Chad Orzel investigates this thought experiment. [Directed by Agota Vegso, narrated by Addison Anderson].

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TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Chad Orzel
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
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