A Novel Idea: What Schrödinger's Cat Can Teach Us About Quantum Mechanics | |
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Event Type: Adult Program Age Group(s): Adult, High School Age Date: 4/15/2015 Start Time: 6:00 PM End Time: 7:00 PM Description: If you put a cat in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of killing the cat in the next hour, what will be the state of the cat when that time is up? In 1934, Erwin Schrödinger proposed that, in the instant before you open the box, the cat occupies both states at once---dead and alive---in a blur of probability. Author Ruth Ozeki uses this paradox of Schrödinger’s cat in her novel, along with quantum mechanics and Buddhist concepts of time, in unexpected and sometimes mind-bending ways. In this talk, physicist Wendi Wampler helps us unravel and understand Schrödinger’s Cat and what it can teach us about quantum mechanics.
Library: Downtown Bend Public Library*cr* *ani* Location: Brooks Room Contact: Tina Walker Davis Contact Number: 541-312-1034 Presenter: Wendi Wampler Link: Know More about Quantum Theory |