Bernard d'Espagnat

1921 - 2015

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: France

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: École polytechnique, Science Faculty of Paris

occupation: physicist, philosopher, university teacher, theoretical physicist, scientist

award received: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Templeton Prize, Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms

Bernard d'Espagnat (22 August 1921 – 1 August 2015) was a French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality. Wigner-d'Espagnat inequality is partially named after him. Quote: "The doctrine that the world is made up of objects whose existence is independent of human consciousness turns out to be in conflict with quantum mechanics and with facts established by experiment." Source: Wikipedia (en)