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59 | Adam Becker on the Curious History of Quantum Mechanics

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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The Unseen Importance of John Bell in Quantum Foundations

John Bell was working on the foundations of quantum mechanics at CERN. He didn't, I don't know, hide is a little bit strong. He certainly didn't advertise it. His everyday physics work was in quantum field theory. One of Bell's good friends who he worked with on the other work he did, not quantum foundations.

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