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a thought experiment to be tinkered with now and then, if only because the cool media and books that sometimes appear due to it.

Galileo is also known for his thought experiments. These are carried out entirely in the mind using reasoning and logic to help explain complex ideas. (Einstein is another great thinker who used ...

Albert Einstein was well known for his thought experiments involving complex scientific ideas. Often he used real-world examples that helped non-scientists grasp his theories of relativity.

Devised in 1935 by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, this thought experiment was designed to shine a spotlight on the difficulty with interpreting quantum theory. Quantum theory is very ...