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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Copenhagen interpretation

Many physicists—most, probably—adhere to the Copenhagen interpretation, advanced by Danish physicist Niels Bohr.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 14, 2021

Also called the Copenhagen interpretation, because Bohr lectured on it in Copenhagen in the late 1920s, it holds that we cannot specify the nature of fundamental reality.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 9, 2018

He makes a convincing case that it’s wrong to imagine the Copenhagen interpretation as a single official or even coherent statement.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2018

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

From New York Times ● May 8, 2018

John Bell then showed that Einstein’s concerns about locality and incompleteness in the Copenhagen interpretation were valid.

From Nature ● Mar. 26, 2018