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Interpretations of quantum mechanics provide an account of the meaning of the quantum formalism and guidance on how to use the formalism to connect with nature and to make predictions on the outcome of experiments. The first interpretation was the Copenhagen interpretation, developed by Heisenberg and Bohr the late 1920s. It has become the orthodox view of the meaning of the quantum formalism, but it has lead to an uncomfortably large number of interpretational paradoxes (►and paradoxes in quantum mechanics) associated with relativity conflicts, ► wave-particle duality, wave function collapse, and quantum ► nonlocality.

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  1. Department of Physics, The City College of New York, 138th St. & Convent Ave., New York, NY, 10031, USA

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  2. Section for the History of Science & Technology, University of Stuttgart, Keplerstr. 17, Stuttgart, D-70174, Germany

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    Friedel Weinert

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Cramer, J.G. (2009). Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. In: Greenberger, D., Hentschel, K., Weinert, F. (eds) Compendium of Quantum Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70626-7_223

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