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| − | '''''David Mermin''''' is an inspiring [[physicist]] who has blessed a broad range of sub-disciplines with countless insights, especially on the problem of the [[interpretations of quantum mechanics]]. A gifted | + | '''''David Mermin''''' is an inspiring [[physicist]] who has blessed a broad range of sub-disciplines with countless insights, especially on the problem of the [[interpretations of quantum mechanics]]. A gifted writer, [[Feynman]] even said of his text on the so-called Mermin device to popularize EPR correlations,{{cite|mermin81a}} that this was one of the most beautiful papers in physics! |
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| + | Mermin is not only an erudite well beyond his fields of study (which are various), he is as well as a very funny person, who only tells his own jokes. He can therefore be defined as a never-boring polymath of physics who can always be read with great benefit. | ||
A joke from Mermin: | A joke from Mermin: | ||
{{quote|Question: What is the difference between theoretical physics and mathematical physics?<br><br>Answer: Theoretical physics is done by physicists who lack the necessary skills to do real experiments; mathematical physics is done by mathematicians who lack the necessary skills to do real mathematics.}} | {{quote|Question: What is the difference between theoretical physics and mathematical physics?<br><br>Answer: Theoretical physics is done by physicists who lack the necessary skills to do real experiments; mathematical physics is done by mathematicians who lack the necessary skills to do real mathematics.}} | ||
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| + | == Selected works == | ||
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| + | * {{mermin81a}} (the most beautiful text in Physics, according to [[Feynman]]). | ||
| + | * {{mermin85a}} | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
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| + | * [https://twitter.com/DavidMermin @DavidMermin] not sure if the real Mermin but not incompatible. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
| + | * [https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.04711 Autobiographical Notes of a Physicist]. | ||
* [[Boojums All the Way Through]] (book). | * [[Boojums All the Way Through]] (book). | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
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David Mermin is an inspiring physicist who has blessed a broad range of sub-disciplines with countless insights, especially on the problem of the interpretations of quantum mechanics. A gifted writer, Feynman even said of his text on the so-called Mermin device to popularize EPR correlations,[1] that this was one of the most beautiful papers in physics!
Mermin is not only an erudite well beyond his fields of study (which are various), he is as well as a very funny person, who only tells his own jokes. He can therefore be defined as a never-boring polymath of physics who can always be read with great benefit.
A joke from Mermin:
Question: What is the difference between theoretical physics and mathematical physics?
Answer: Theoretical physics is done by physicists who lack the necessary skills to do real experiments; mathematical physics is done by mathematicians who lack the necessary skills to do real mathematics.