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oa Hoe zeker is Heisenbergs onzekerheidsprincipe?
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, Volume 113, Issue 1, Feb 2021, p. 137 - 156
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- 01 Feb 2021
Abstract
Abstract
How certain is Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle?
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is at the heart of the orthodox or Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. We first sketch the history that led up to the formulation of the principle. Then we recall that there are in fact two uncertainty principles, both dating from 1927, one by Werner Heisenberg and one by Earle Kennard. Finally, we explain that recent work in physics gives reason to believe that the principle of Heisenberg is invalid, while that of Kennard still stands.
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