"We have learned that the key to understanding Nature is to give up the notion of waves and particles altogether."

Alain Aspect (1947)
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About Alain Aspect

Alain Aspect is a French physicist known for his groundbreaking experiments regarding Bell's theorem and the concept of quantum entanglement. He was born on June 15, 1947, in Agen, France. Aspect's experiments in the 1980s provided conclusive evidence supporting the principles of quantum mechanics and challenged the notion of local realism in physics. His work has had a profound impact on the field of quantum physics and has advanced our understanding of the fundamental nature of reality.

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