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Second Solvay Debate with Einstein

Denmark · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1930

Niels Henrik David BohrOctober 1930

Brussels · Science / Physics

Again confronts Einstein's thought experiments at the Solvay Conference, using detailed measurement arguments to defend quantum mechanics against challenges to its consistency.

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Niels Henrik David Bohr

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