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7 Mind-bending thought Experiments from the History of Physics.

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1) Schrödinger's Cat 🐈 Image
2) Einstein's famous light beam experiment Image
3) Maxwell's Demon 👺 Image
4) Galileo's Ship 🏴‍☠️ Image
5) The Twin Paradox Image
6) The EPR Paradox Image
7) Laplace's Demon Image
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