Copenhagen interpretation

British  

noun

1. an interpretation of quantum mechanics developed by Niels Bohr and his colleagues at the University of Copenhagen, based on the concept of wave–particle duality and the idea that the observation influences the result of an experiment

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Example Sentences

You dig the austere minimalism of the Copenhagen interpretation.

From Scientific American • Dec. 15, 2020

Bohm began questioning the Copenhagen interpretation in the late 1940s while writing a book on quantum mechanics.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2018

The popular four-word summary of the Copenhagen interpretation is: “Shut up and calculate!”

From New York Times • May 8, 2018

The first and still possibly foremost of these is the so-called Copenhagen interpretation.

From New York Times • May 8, 2018

Einstein, however, persistently argued that the Copenhagen interpretation was incomplete.

From Nature • Mar. 26, 2018