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John Bell and the Identical Twins

I present a biographical profile of John S. Bell based upon extensive interviews I had with him. I present Bell‘s views on the quantum theory along with a simple explanation of his identity.

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Jeremy Bernstein is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Stevens Institute of Technology and a former staff writer for The New Yorker.

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Bernstein, J. John Bell and the Identical Twins. Phys. perspect. 10, 269–286 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-008-0380-8

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