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Autobiographical Notes of a Physicist
N. David Mermin
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 autob…
A note on the quantum measurement problem
N. David Mermin
The idea that wave-function collapse is a physical process stems from a misunderstanding of probability and the role it plays in quantum mechanics.
Making better sense of quantum mechanics
N. David Mermin
We still lack any consensus about what one is actually talking about as one uses quantum mechanics. There is a gap between the abstract terms in which the theory is couched and the…
Homer nodded: von Neumann's surprising oversight
N. David Mermin, Rüdiger Schack
We review the famous no-hidden-variables theorem in John von Neumann's 1932 book on the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. We describe the notorious gap in von Neumann'…
Hidden Variables and the Two Theorems of John Bell
N. David Mermin
Although skeptical of the prohibitive power of no-hidden-variables theorems, John Bell was himself responsible for the two most important ones. I describe some recent versions of t…
Mysl, smysl, svet
N. David Mermin
Speech on the occasion of accepting the Dagmar and Vaclav Havel Foundation VIZE 97 Prize for 2017. Delivered at Prague Crossroads, October 5, 2017