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Leonard Mandel Quotes

1927–2001 United States

Leonard Mandel (May 9, 1927 – February 9, 2001) was an American physicist that contributed to the development of theoretical and experimental modern optics and is widely considered one of the founding fathers of the field of quantum optics. With Emil Wolf he published the highly regarded book Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics.

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Concepts like these can seem remote, until you explain with analogies taken from everyday life. But unfortunately some ideas do not lend themselves to familiar analogies.

It's kind of interesting to show that the strange features of quantum mechanics are actually observed. We still don't totally understand what it means.

We are trying to understand the implications of quantum mechanics. The subject is very old, but we are still learning.

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