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Alain Aspect

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1947– · Quantum physics, Optics, Philosophy of science
French physicist who performed crucial experiments confirming quantum entanglement and the violation of Bell's inequalities. His work proved the impossibility of local hidden variables and laid the foundations for quantum information and computation.

Biography

Graduated from the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, received his doctorate. Worked at the Institute of Optics and the École Polytechnique. Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics. His experiments, inspired by the ideas of John Bell, became a major milestone in testing the foundations of quantum mechanics.

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💡 Aspect was seriously passionate about jazz and in his youth hesitated between a career as a musician and a physicist; he still plays the saxophone and believes that music helps him in scientific creativity.
Quote: "Quantum mechanics tells us that there is another way of thinking about reality."
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