Why Quantum Mechanics is Hard to Understand

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dc.creatorBilodeau, Doug
dc.date1998-12-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:15:56Z
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dc.descriptionTo understand the foundations of quantum mechanics, we have to think carefully about how theoretical concepts are rooted in -- and limited by -- the nature of experience, as Bohr attempted to show. Geometrical pictures of physical phenomena are favored because of their clarity. Quantum phenomena, however, do not permit them. Instead, the historical and dynamical aspects of description diverge and must be expressed in different but complementary languages. Objective historical facts are recorded in terms of objects, which necessarily have an imprecise, empirical quality. Dynamics is based on quantitative abstraction from recurring patterns. The "quantum of action" is the discontinuity between these two ways of looking at the physical world.
dc.descriptionLATEX, 11 pages, no figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9812050
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9812050
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/93910
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleWhy Quantum Mechanics is Hard to Understand
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