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DescriptionSchroedingers cat film.svg	English: Schrödinger's cat in the many-worlds interpretation, where a branching of the universe occurs through a superposition of two quantum mechanical states. Deutsch: Schrödingers Katze in der Viele-Welten-Interpretation, bei der durch eine Superposition zweier quantenmechanischer Zustände eine Verzweigung des Universums auftritt.
Date	28 November 2011
Source	Own work, based on File:ISO_7010_W003.svg and File:Skull_and_Crossbones.svg, inspired by File:MWI_Schrodingers_cat.png
Author	Christian Schirm
Other versions	Copenhagen Interpretation: File:Schroedingers cat film copenhagen.svg Bohm Interpretation: File:Schroedingers cat film bohm.svg
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current	19:28, 17 October 2022	600 × 400 (70 KB)	Physikinger	Motion blurr
	19:27, 14 October 2022	600 × 400 (69 KB)	Physikinger	Corrected shaddow
	21:01, 13 October 2022	600 × 400 (75 KB)	Physikinger	Top-down hammer
	09:36, 11 August 2022	600 × 400 (68 KB)	Physikinger	Corrected line widths
	08:49, 11 August 2022	600 × 400 (68 KB)	Physikinger	Smaller file size
	22:34, 8 August 2022	600 × 400 (141 KB)	Physikinger	crop
	12:05, 7 August 2022	544 × 352 (141 KB)	Physikinger	Hammer & Blausäure
	21:16, 29 May 2022	544 × 352 (24 KB)	SemperVinco	Reduced file complexity by reusing cats and signs
	18:49, 25 April 2018	544 × 352 (195 KB)	Physikinger	Small modifications
	18:14, 25 April 2018	544 × 352 (194 KB)	Physikinger	Some gloss