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Do Deeper Principles Underlie Quantum Uncertainty and Nonlocality?

Charles Seife

Published Jul 1, 2005• 20 citations
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Abstract

No matter how you look at the equations of quantum theory, they allow a tiny object to behave in ways that defy intuition. Scientists are hoping to someday get beyond the discomfort that led Einstein to declare that [God] does not play dice.
DOI
10.1126/science.309.5731.98

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