2007/05/30 by Juan Pablo Paz, Paz, Juan Pablo
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph) #physics.hist-ph #physics.pop-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0705.4446
21 pages, Published in Spanish in "El universo de Einstein: 1905 - annus mirabilis - 2005", Alejandro Gangui (ed.), Editorial EUDEBA, 2007 (arXiv:0705.4266). Also available at http://www.universoeinstein.com.ar/
arxiv created 2007/05/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Albert Einstein made fundamental contributions to the development of quantum mechanics. However, he was never satisfied with the quantum worldview. In fact, during most of his life he attempted to find inconsistencies and paradoxes within quantum mechanics. His famous quote "God does not play dice" shows how disturbing was to Einstein one of the most important aspects of quantum mechanics: non-determinism. In this paper we will present the basic concepts of quantum mechanics, we will describe Einstein's attempts to destroy it and we will discuss why we can nowadays state that, in this regard, Albert Einstein was not right.