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4 - What Did Bell Really Prove?

from Part II - Bell's Theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2016

Jean Bricmont
Affiliation:
Université catholique de Louvain
Shan Gao
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
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Quantum Nonlocality and Reality
50 Years of Bell's Theorem
, pp. 49 - 78
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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