- Dennis Dieks
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Dennis Dieks is a Dutch physicist and philosopher of physics. In 1982 he proved the no-cloning theorem[1] (independently discovered in the same year by William Wootters and Wojciech H. Zurek). In 1989 he proposed a new interpretation of quantum mechanics[2], later known as a version of the modal interpretation of quantum mechanics[3]. He also worked on the philosophy of space and time, the logic of probabilistic reasoning, and the theory of explanation. Dieks is a professor at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is co-editor of the journal "Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics".
References
- ^ D. Dieks, Communication by EPR devices, Physics Letters A 92 (1982) 271–272.
- ^ D. Dieks, Resolution of the Measurement Problem Through Decoherence of the Quantum State, Physics Letters A 142 (1989) 439-444.
- ^ Dennis Dieks and Pieter E. Vermaas, eds., The Modal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
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Categories:- Living people
- Dutch physicists
- Dutch philosophers
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