Autobiographical Notes of a Physicist

I describe aspects of my life in physics: the name I publish under, great physicists I have known, how I got into quantum foundations, what role I’ve played in it. My form is autobiographical, but my personal experience may illustrate what it was like being a physicist over the past sixty years. I o...

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Published inPhysics in perspective Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 3 - 17
Main Author Mermin, N. David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 24.05.2024
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Physicists
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Solid state physics
Autobiography
Cornell University
Bell’s Theorem
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Summary:I describe aspects of my life in physics: the name I publish under, great physicists I have known, how I got into quantum foundations, what role I’ve played in it. My form is autobiographical, but my personal experience may illustrate what it was like being a physicist over the past sixty years. I offer some offbeat ways of thinking about some orthodox physics.
ISSN:1422-6944
1422-6960
DOI:10.1007/s00016-024-00310-z