# Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Chad Orzel
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/chad_orzel_schrodinger_s_cat_a_thought_experiment_in_quantum_mechanics)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. \[Directed by Agota Vegso, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/chad_orzel_schrodinger_s_cat_a_thought_experiment_in_quantum_mechanics/26ed913ebc15), 5 min (TED's player)