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John Stewart Bell, Quantum Information and Quantum Information Theory

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It is traditional to take virtually for granted [1, 2] that John Bell’s work on the foundations of quantum theory led fairly directly to the founding of the discipline of quantum information theory, and thus it is natural to give Bell credit perhaps for the very existence of this subject.

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Whitaker, A. (2017). John Stewart Bell, Quantum Information and Quantum Information Theory. In: Bertlmann, R., Zeilinger, A. (eds) Quantum [Un]Speakables II. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38987-5_2

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