John Stewart Bell
John Stewart Bell FRS (28 July 1928 – 1 October 1990) was a physicist from Northern Ireland and the originator of Bell's theorem, an important theorem in quantum physics regarding hidden-variable theories.
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| Born | John Stewart Bell 28 July 1928 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Died | 1 October 1990 (aged 62) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Alma mater | Queen's University of Belfast (BSc) University of Birmingham (PhD) |
| Known for | Bell's theorem Bell state Bell's spaceship paradox Bell–Kochen–Specker theorem Adler–Bell–Jackiw anomaly Chiral anomaly CPT symmetry Superdeterminism Quantum entanglement |
| Awards | Heineman Prize (1989) Hughes Medal (1989) Paul Dirac Medal and Prize (1988) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Atomic Energy Research Establishment CERN, Stanford University |
| Thesis | Contribution to field theory (i. Time reversal in field theory, ii. Some functional methods in field theory.) (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | Rudolph E. Peierls |
| Other academic advisors | Paul Taunton Matthews: 137 |
In 2022, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger for work on Bell inequalities and the experimental validation of Bell's theorem.
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