"In the same style as Dirac, who wrote: “the interpretation of quantum mechanics has been dealt with by many authors, and I do not want to discuss it here. I want to deal with more fundamental things”, Ward was not interested on issues of interpretation... According to Shakarov, Ward was one of the “titans” of quantum electrodynamics alongside Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga. Thus, his non interest on issues of interpretation should not be dismissed lightly."
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Fellows of the Royal SocietyAcademics from the United KingdomPhysicists from EnglandUniversity of Oxford alumniPhysicists from Australia
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F. J. Duarte, The origin of quantum entanglement experiments based on polarization, Euro. Phys. J. H 37, 311-318 (2012).
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John Clive Ward
John Clive Ward (1 August 1924 – 6 May 2000) was a British-Australian theoretical physicist known for his contributions to particle physics and renormalization theory.
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