The Einstein Paradox : The Debate on Nonlocality and Incompleteness in 1935

Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this book offers a rich context for the famously controversial 1935 paper by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen. It uncovers hidden stories and traces intricate connections, bringing new players into the debate on the foundations of quantum mechanics.

The famously controversial 1935 paper by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen (EPR) took aim at the heart of the flourishing field of quantum mechanics. The paper provoked responses from the leading theoretical physicists of the day, and brought entanglement and nonlocality to the forefront of discussion. This book looks back at the seminal year in which the EPR paper was published and explores the intense debate it unleashed. These conversations in print and in private correspondence offer significant insight into the minds of pioneering quantum physicists including Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrödinger and Albert Einstein himself. Offering the most complete collection of sources to date – many published or translated here for the first time – this text brings a rich new context to this pivotal moment in physics history. Both researchers and students in the history and philosophy of science, and enthusiasts alike, will find this book illuminating.