# History of Quantum Mechanics or the Comedy of Errors

**Authors:** Jean Bricmont

arXiv: 1703.00294 · 2017-03-02

## TL;DR

This paper clarifies common misunderstandings among physicists regarding the views of Einstein, Bell, and others on quantum nonlocality and conceptual issues in quantum mechanics.

## Contribution

It provides a systematic analysis of how key physicists' perspectives on quantum nonlocality have been misunderstood.

## Key findings

- Clarifies Einstein's views on nonlocality
- Analyzes Bell's contributions to quantum foundations
- Highlights misconceptions in the physics community

## Abstract

The goal of this paper is to explain how the views of Albert Einstein, John Bell and others, about nonlocality and the conceptual issues raised by quantum mechanics, have been rather systematically misunderstood by the majority of physicists.

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