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Boston studies in the philosophy of science

The Quantum Worldview: Its Difficulties and an Attempt to Overcome Them

G. C. Ghirardi

Published Jan 1, 1993• 1 citation
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10.1007/978-94-011-2496-6_9

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Albert Einstein made fundamental contributions to the development of quantum mechanics. However, he was never satisfied with the quantum worldview. In fact, during most of his life he attempted to find inconsistencies and paradoxes within quantum mechanics. His famous quote "God does not play dice" shows how disturbing was to Einstein one of the most important aspects of quantum mechanics: non-determinism. In this paper we will present the basic concepts of quantum mechanics, we will describe Einstein's attempts to destroy it and we will discuss why we can nowadays state that, in this regard, Albert Einstein was not right.
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