Great Throughts Treasury

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Bernard d'Espagnat

French Theoretical Physicist, Philosopher of Science, and Author, best known for his work on the nature of reality

"The doctrine that the world is made up of objects whose existence is independent of human consciousness turns out to be in conflict with quantum mechanics and the facts established by experiment."