The copenhagen interpretation
Bohr devised a rather complex theory for quantum mechanics that had many flaws however it worked. He believed that quantum mechanics was solely based o uncertainty and that aspects were inherently random. Using the same example of the two gloves, Bohr’s theory is that the gloves exist in a state of neither left nor right handedness but in a ghostly dimension between the two. He claims that nature does not know either (The Search for Reality 2000). He concluded that nothing is real unless observed. This became known as the Copenhagen interpretation (Think Quest 2012, p.1). Bohr stated that the particle is what you measure it to be as, “Obviously in an experiment in the everyday world an object cannot be both a wave and a particle at the same time; it must be either one or the other, depending upon the situation” (Cassidy 2012, p.2). Despite the cynics the success of the theory could not be ignored. His theory explained radioactivity and enabled technology to advance such as mobile phones and even lasers which ironically enabled him to be proved correct in the future (The Search for Reality 2000). Thus, Bohr’s theory is the best one to explain Quantum and probably will be for some time and despite the uncertainty it works and must be accepted as universal in order for its future to continue.
references
The Search for Reality 2000, DVD, Video Education Australia
Cassidy 2012, “Quantum Mechanics”, American Institute of Physics, viewed 14th October 2012, <http://www.aip.org/history/heisenberg/p09.htm>
Think Quest 2012, “What is Quantum physics?”, library think quest, viewed 24th September 2012, <www.library.thinkquest.org/3487/qp.html>
Cassidy 2012, “Quantum Mechanics”, American Institute of Physics, viewed 14th October 2012, <http://www.aip.org/history/heisenberg/p09.htm>
Think Quest 2012, “What is Quantum physics?”, library think quest, viewed 24th September 2012, <www.library.thinkquest.org/3487/qp.html>