The Theory of (Exclusively) Local Beables

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1858-1884

  Norsen, Travis ^a  

^a Marlboro College   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell's theorem; Bohmian mechanics; Einstein; Local beables; Pilot wave theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349312989     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-010-9495-2     Document Type: Article

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