Philosophy enters the optics laboratory: Bell's theorem and its first experimental tests (1965-1982)

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2005.12.003zbMath1223.81181arXivphysics/0508180WikidataQ56050006 ScholiaQ56050006MaRDI QIDQ643068

Olival jun. Freire

Publication date: 27 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508180

zbMATH Keywords

Bell's theorem; entanglement; quantum physics; history of physics; hidden-variables; scientific controversies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

81-03: History of quantum theory

81V80: Quantum optics

81P15: Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations

81-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to quantum theory

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