What's in the World?

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

One of the major benefits of being editor of the American Journal of Physics (AJP) is the first hand experience with scientific debate where authors and reviewers argue about issues in ways that frequently never appear in public. Although I cannot reveal these confidential exchanges, I will discuss a recent series of Letters to the Editor of AJP, which provides some insight into the nature of these debates. The Letters involve the interpretations of quantum mechanics. To set the stage I will explain Bell's theorem, and at the end I will draw some general conclusions that go well beyond physics.

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Authors

  • Kurt Wiesenfeld

    Miami University, Summa Health System, Akron, John Carroll University, Prof, Dr, BfS, Germany, Florida State University, Monmouth College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Kenyon College, University of Cincinnati, Brookhaven National Lab, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Dept. of Chermical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Cleveland State University, The Neurological Institute, Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, Un. of Stockholm, The University of Akron, Case Western Reserve University, West Virginia University, Kalamazoo College and Editor, American Journal of Physics, Denison University, University of Southern Florida, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitat, BfS (Germany), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Kansas State University, The Pennsylvania State University, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Purdue University, Saint Jospeh's College, University of Washington, Indiana University, University of Potsdam, Georgia Institute of Technology