Aspects of quantum non-locality I: Superluminal signalling, action-at-a-distance, non-separability and holism

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-222

  Berkovitz, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(98)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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