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Quantum theory has stayed essentially unchanged in its basic mathematical structure since Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Dirac (1925–1926), and its codification by John von Neumann (1932). Its success in describing and predicting experience is so far unprecedented in the history of physics. It comprises all known basic ranges of physics (with the possible, but perhaps not final exception of general relativity), and no experimental result has been found that would recognizably contradict it. However, its interpretation has remained controversial to the present day. Quantum theory is highly abstract, and concepts derived from earlier, concrete experience are evidently inadequate to interpret it.
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von Weizsäcker, C.F. (1997). Time — Empirical Mathematics — Quantum Theory. In: Atmanspacher, H., Ruhnau, E. (eds) Time, Temporality, Now. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60707-3_8
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