The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics — Season 1, Episode 5: Copenhagen Says the Wave Function Collapses
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 24 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
Quantum mechanics was disquieting to anyone trained in classical physics. To dispel this unease, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg devised the "Copenhagen Interpretation." Delve into the strengths and weaknesses of this influential view, which rejects speculation about what's "really happening." One reaction was Schrödinger's celebrated thought experiment involving a cat in mortal peril.
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More episodes from Season 1
- E1Why Suppose There's More Than One World?
- E2The Classical Physics World That Never Was
- E3Quantum Worlds Start With Waves and Particles
- E4A Wave Function to Describe Particles
- E6Is the Wave Function Real?
- E7Uncertainty in Action With Spin and Qubits
- E8Quantum Entanglement and Action at a Distance
- E9Entanglement Leads to Many Worlds
- E10Decoherence Explains Branching Worlds
- E11How Entanglement Powers Quantum Computers
- E12Too Many Worlds! Five Objections Answered
- E13Testing the Many-Worlds Interpretation