Abstract
The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) Paradox is considered briefly within an historical and philosophical perspective that focuses on the early contribution of Albert Einstein to the foundations of quantum theory. It is also shown how, in spite of the quantum-theoretical «incompleteness» claim by Einstein expressed in a famousPhysical Review paper in 1935, in recent decades the recourse to the experiment has contributed to replace the EPR Paradox by a striking, even more intriguing property of the physical world: the quantum Non-locality and the Entanglement of the quantum states.
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Il Paradosso di Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen è considerato per sommi capi in una prospettiva storica e filosofica basata sui primi contributi di Alberto Einstein ai fondamenti della teoria quantistica. Viene anche mostrato come, contraddicendo la proprietà di incompletezza della teoria quantistica espressa da Einstein in un famoso lavoro pubblicato suPhysical Review nel 1935, in anni recenti il ricorso alla verifica sperimentale ha contribuito a sostituire il Paradosso EPR con una proprietà del mondo fisico ancora più sconcertante: la Nonlocalità quantistica e l’Entanglement degli stati quantici.
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De Martini, F. Il Paradosso EPR. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 15, 401–410 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02904483
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