John Stewart Bell
Northern Irish physicist (1928-1990) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 62
John Stewart Bell 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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1990Died1 October 19901989Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsAwardHughes MedalAward1988IOP Dirac MedalAward1987Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward1972Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1928Born28 July 1928
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Lived 1928 to 1990 · aged 62
