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The Mysteries of Quantum Physics

France, Yvan-Claude Raverdy

Published Oct 31, 2025• 0 citations

Abstract

This article examines how we can interpret, or understand, the most counterintuitive elements of Quantum Physics such as complementarity, entanglement, superposition, nonlocality, wave packet reduction, etc., using concrete concepts about particles (standing waves) and Superfluid (granular) Space-Time, which we have studied.

DOI: 10.33140/ssj.02.04.04

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