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Is Einstein famous for Quantum Mechanics?
Baron Grim Started conversation Jun 29, 2010
He's famous for relativity, of course, but in regard to QM he famously disregarded it with his "dice" reference. Granted, I'm not an Einstein (or QM) scholar, but I wouldn't think Einstein and QM are broadly associated.
Is Einstein famous for Quantum Mechanics?
Devonseaglass Posted Jun 29, 2010
>>>>Albert Einstein, himself one of the founders of quantum theory, disliked this loss of determinism in measurement (this dislike is the source of his famous quote, "God does not play dice with the universe."). Einstein held that there should be a local hidden variable theory underlying quantum mechanics and that, consequently, the present theory was incomplete. He produced a series of objections to the theory, the most famous of which has become known as the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox. John Bell showed that the EPR paradox led to experimentally testable differences between quantum mechanics and local realistic theories. Experiments have been performed confirming the accuracy of quantum mechanics, thus demonstrating that the physical world cannot be described by local realistic theories. The Bohr-Einstein debates provide a vibrant critique of the Copenhagen Interpretation from an epistemological point of view.>>>>
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