Max Born and the invincible determinism
From God does play dice by 虎风Tigerstorm
April 30, 2026 · 3 min
About this episode
The episode discusses Max Born's challenge to determinism in physics through his interpretation of wave functions and probability.
It seemed as if matrix mechanics were essentially the same as wave functions, but what did physicists make of the mysterious psi? Born claimed that it was probability, challenging determinism, which had been the policy of physics for a long time. 前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动
People in this episode
Host: 虎风Tigerstorm
Topics covered
- quantum mechanics
- determinism
- probability
- Max Born
- wave functions
- matrix mechanics
Keywords
- Max Born
- determinism
- quantum mechanics
- wave functions
- matrix mechanics
- probability
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: physics
Books & works: matrix mechanics, wave functions, determinism
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