print email comment close Schroedinger's Cat URL: http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/ardlouis/dissipative/Schrcat.html Description: A brief description of "one of the most celebrated paradoxes in quantum theory" as proposed by Erwin Schroedinger in 1935. In this paradox "a cat is placed in a box, together with a radioactive atom. ... The paradox lies in the clever coupling of quantum and classical domains." From a Ph.D. candidate in theoretical physics at Cornell University. Author: Louis, Ard Extra Keywords Schrodinger mechanics atomic Library of Congress Subject Headings: Paradoxes Physics Quantum theory Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961 LII Database Information: Record 18134 created by Maria Brandt on 08/15/2005 Last modification on 08/17/2005 Published: 08/15/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/18134