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Uncertainty principle

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The epistemological condition in which objective certainty about physical reality becomes impossible, as demonstrated by new scientific theories in early 20th-century physics.

AP course connection

Topic 8.1: 8.10 20th-Century Cultural, Intellectual, and Artistic Developments

Unit 8