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SUMMARY:The evolution of Bell's thinking about the Bell theorem in quantum
  mechanics - Professor Harvey Brown\, University of Oxford
DTSTART:20190123T200000Z
DTEND:20190123T210000Z
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CONTACT:Akshat Pandey
DESCRIPTION:The 1964 Bell nonlocality theorem did much to expand the found
 ations of quantum mechanics from philosophy seminars into mainstream physi
 cs. In this talk I will concentrate on how the theorem was conceived\, and
  how later variations of the theorem led Bell to a wider notion of nonloca
 lity\, and a change in the significance of the theorem. I will also discus
 s whether Bell thought nonlocality is consistent or otherwise with special
  relativity\, and address the wider question as to whether the Bell theore
 m\, in any of its variants\, shows that quantum mechanics is necessarily n
 onlocal\, as is often claimed. (The talk will be for non-experts\, but bas
 ed on my paper with Christopher Timpson: "Bell on Bell's theorem: The chan
 ging face of nonlocality"\, in Quantum Nonlocality and Reality\, Mary Bell
  and Shan Gao (eds.)\, Cambridge University Press\, 2016\, pp. 91-123. htt
 p://arxiv.org/abs/1501.03521)
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Ro
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