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Quantum Suicide - Thought Experiments
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The Visionary Life of John von Neumann, by Ananyo Bhattacharya - Ernest Oppetit
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| | Link Summary of contributions Mathematical foundations for quantum mechanics (aged 22) Mathematics of ballistics & explosions (in the 30s when sensed war was looming) Analysis of the structure of self-replication which preceded the discovery of the structure of DNA Manhattan project Founded Game theory Building the ENIAC, the first digital computer Cellular automata Introduction "As...
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Quantum mechanics for everyone - diff × weyl
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| | This post explains quantum mechanics (QM) without any advanced math. Unlike most introductions, I will focus on the interpretation of QM: what the objects in the theory mean and how they fit into a broader philosophy of doing physics. Specifically, I explain why the Von Neumann-Wigner interpretation, a variant of the standard Copenhagen interpretation, is...
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Quantum Interference 5: Coming Unglued
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| | If particles are entangled, it can be subtle to observe quantum interference, which (unlike usual wave interference) cannot be located in a specific place.
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The idea of an experiment - Joshua Tan
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| Rob Spekkens is a theoretical physicist who works on the foundations of quantum mechanics, which means that he thinks a lot about the meaning of experiments in quantum mechanics: what experiments a...