PERSON@1 , Essays in Science , ORGANIZATION@1 -LRB- NUMBER@1 -RRB- , p. NUMBER@2 The double-slit experiment , and its variations , then became a classic Gedankenexperiment -LRB- thought experiment -RRB- for its clarity in expressing the central puzzles of quantum mechanics .

Importance to physics The double-slit experiment became a classic thought experiment for its clear explanation of the central puzzles of quantum mechanics .
