Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity

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Modern physics was born from two great revolutions: relativity and the quantum theory. Relativity imposed a locality constraint on physical theories: since nothing can go faster than light, very distant events cannot influence one another. Only in the last few decades has it become clear that the quantum theory violates this constraint. The work of J.S. Bell has demonstrated that no local theory can return the predictions of quantum theory. Thus it would seem that the central pillars of modern physics are contradictory.

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Tim Maudlin

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"Maudlin's book is outstanding, and is particularly remarkable forthree central achievements: the clearest exposition of Bell'stheorem I know of; a careful discussion of the (in)compatibilitybetween the implications of that theorem and relativity; and astutesuggestions for how one could deal with this problem. Maudlin is aprofessional philosopher who writes on this most fundamental issueof physics in a way that is far clearer than the work of mostphysicists." -Jean Bricmont, University of Louvain
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