Bell locality and the nonlocal character of nature

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 633-655

  Norsen, Travis ^a  

^a Marlboro College   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell's theorem; EPR; Hidden variables; Non locality; Stapp

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845964534     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10702-006-1055-9     Document Type: Article

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