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    Schrödinger's cat

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    • 1. a cat imagined as being enclosed in a box with a radioactive source and a poison that will be released when the source (unpredictably) emits radiation, the cat being considered (according to quantum mechanics) to be simultaneously both dead and alive until the box is opened and the cat observed: "the talk promises to demystify all the secrets of quantum physics, including Schrödinger's cat, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, and parallel universes"
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  3. In quantum mechanics, Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment concerning quantum superposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical cat may be considered simultaneously both alive and dead, while it is unobserved in a closed box, as a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur.

  4. Dec 5, 2019 · Schrödinger's cat is one of the most famous thought experiments ever devised. He suggested that if quantum mechanical states are described as superpositions of multiple different states, what if this superposition was transferred to a macroscopic object, like a cat? Could it be both alive and dead?

  5. Schrödinger’s cat, thought experiment designed by theoretical physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935 as an objection to the reigning Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. Often considered as central to quantum physics as Isaac Newton’s laws of motion are to classical physics, the Schrödinger.

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  6. Schrödinger’s cat. A thought experiment that highlights the strangeness of quantum theory. By Joshua Howgego. Sven Puth/EyeEm/Getty Images. Devised in 1935 by the Austrian physicist Erwin...

  7. What is Schrödinger's Cat? - BBC Science Focus Magazine

  8. Jun 6, 2019 · Schrodinger himself was one such scientist and he came up with the concept of Schrodinger's Cat to illustrate the issues with quantum physics. Let's consider the issues, then, and see how Schrodinger sought to illustrate them through analogy.

  9. Feb 28, 2020 · The thought experiment known as Schrödinger's cat is one of the most famous, and misunderstood, concepts in quantum mechanics. By thinking deeply about it, researchers have come to...

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