During the early 1900’s, [Einstein] was virtually at war with quantum theory. Its unofficial leader, [Niels Bohr], was constantly rebutting Einstein’s elaborate thought experiments aimed at ...

These conversations in print and in private correspondence offer significant insight into the minds of pioneering quantum physicists including Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrödinger and Albert Einstein himself ...

This is a translation of notes by Schrödinger wherein he draws the implications of Einstein’s photon-box thought experiment. Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access ...

Einstein vs. Bohr: The Debate of the Century The intellectual battle lines were drawn in the early 20th century. Einstein, along with many of his contemporaries, believed in a “real” universe.

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At 100, the impact of Bose-Einstein Statistics extends beyond physics to fields like cosmology and condensed matter science ...

Alongside Max Planck's work on quanta of heat, and Niels Bohr's later work on quanta of matter, Einstein's work anchors the most shocking idea in 20th-century physics: we live in a quantum ...

This way of approaching physical theories started in the late 19th century with pioneers like Albert Einstein, Paul Dirac, ...

Einstein wasn't the biggest cheerleader for quantum theory. In fact, he argued back and forth with physicist Niels Bohr over certain occurrences that he believed violated fundamental laws of physics.