N David Mermin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3864537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N David Mermin |
| GIVEN NAMES | N David |
| FAMILY NAME | Mermin |
| SIGNATURE | MERMIN N D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reply to Ohanian's comment
Understanding Einstein's 1905 derivation of E=Mc2
Copenhagen computation
Abandoning Preconceptions
I am encouraged that David Bloor often finds me making virtually the same claims as BBH,1 but under the impression that we deeply disagree. Much recent controversy stems from an incommensurability of languages and conventions in fields of inquiry that have developed in isolation from each other. Exchanges like this, which make us focus on how each misreads the other, can clear away distracting misunderstanding, revealing a core of genuine issues,…
The Science of Science
In Scientific Knowledge, Barry Barnes, David Bloor and John Henry (BBH) explicitly repudiate the notion that the physical environment plays no role in the creation of scientific knowledge, thereby removing a major bone of fruitless and heated contention between scientists and practitioners of the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK). There remain, however, many aspects of BBH's view of scientific knowledge that clash with my own experience as …
Quantum theory
The (Non)World (Non)View of Quantum Mechanics
NE OF THE BROAD LESSONS of quantum mechanics is that one has to be extremely careful in thinking about the world. One must exercise utmost caution and be suspicious of any attempts, no matter how apparently harmless, to populate the world with conceptual entities. Even in those cases where it is permissible to say this is such-and-such and that is so-and-so, one should be wary of any attempts to develop a picture beyond the narrowest possible for…
E pluribus boojum
A physicist's account of how he launched a scientific snark
Boojums All the Way through
Boojums All the Way Through is a collection of essays that deals in a variety of ways with the problem of communicating modern physics to both physicists and non-physicists. The author is Professor David Mermin, a well-known theoretical physicist, who recently won the first Julius Edgar Lileinfeld prize of the American Physical Society 'for his remarkable clarity and wit as a lecturer to nonspecialists on difficult subjects'. David Mermin's wry h…
The Great Quantum Muddle
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Pair Distributions and Conditional Independence
Some statistical questions that arise in studies of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlations are given precise and complete answers for a very simple but artificial set of pair distributions. Some recent results and conjectures about hidden variable representations of the more complex distributions that describe the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment are examined in the light of the behavior of the simple model
The Science of Science
In Scientific Knowledge, Barry Barnes, David Bloor and John Henry (BBH) explicitly repudiate the notion that the physical environment plays no role in the creation of scientific knowledge, thereby removing a major bone of fruitless and heated contention between scientists and practitioners of the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK). There remain, however, many aspects of BBH's view of scientific knowledge that clash with my own experience as …
Abandoning Preconceptions
I am encouraged that David Bloor often finds me making virtually the same claims as BBH,1 but under the impression that we deeply disagree. Much recent controversy stems from an incommensurability of languages and conventions in fields of inquiry that have developed in isolation from each other. Exchanges like this, which make us focus on how each misreads the other, can clear away distracting misunderstanding, revealing a core of genuine issues,…
Pair Distributions and Conditional Independence
Some statistical questions that arise in studies of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlations are given precise and complete answers for a very simple but artificial set of pair distributions. Some recent results and conjectures about hidden variable representations of the more complex distributions that describe the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment are examined in the light of the behavior of the simple model
The Great Quantum Muddle
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Pair Distributions and Conditional Independence
Some statistical questions that arise in studies of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlations are given precise and complete answers for a very simple but artificial set of pair distributions. Some recent results and conjectures about hidden variable representations of the more complex distributions that describe the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment are examined in the light of the behavior of the simple model
E pluribus boojum
A physicist's account of how he launched a scientific snark
Boojums All the Way through
Boojums All the Way Through is a collection of essays that deals in a variety of ways with the problem of communicating modern physics to both physicists and non-physicists. The author is Professor David Mermin, a well-known theoretical physicist, who recently won the first Julius Edgar Lileinfeld prize of the American Physical Society 'for his remarkable clarity and wit as a lecturer to nonspecialists on difficult subjects'. David Mermin's wry h…
The (Non)World (Non)View of Quantum Mechanics
NE OF THE BROAD LESSONS of quantum mechanics is that one has to be extremely careful in thinking about the world. One must exercise utmost caution and be suspicious of any attempts, no matter how apparently harmless, to populate the world with conceptual entities. Even in those cases where it is permissible to say this is such-and-such and that is so-and-so, one should be wary of any attempts to develop a picture beyond the narrowest possible for…
Quantum theory
Abandoning Preconceptions
I am encouraged that David Bloor often finds me making virtually the same claims as BBH,1 but under the impression that we deeply disagree. Much recent controversy stems from an incommensurability of languages and conventions in fields of inquiry that have developed in isolation from each other. Exchanges like this, which make us focus on how each misreads the other, can clear away distracting misunderstanding, revealing a core of genuine issues,…
The Science of Science
In Scientific Knowledge, Barry Barnes, David Bloor and John Henry (BBH) explicitly repudiate the notion that the physical environment plays no role in the creation of scientific knowledge, thereby removing a major bone of fruitless and heated contention between scientists and practitioners of the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK). There remain, however, many aspects of BBH's view of scientific knowledge that clash with my own experience as …
Copenhagen computation
Understanding Einstein's 1905 derivation of E=Mc2
Reply to Ohanian's comment
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