Non-realism: Deep Thought or a Soft Option?

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-85

  Gisin, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bell inequality; Measurement problem; Nonlocality; Realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84655175047     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-010-9508-1     Document Type: Article

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