Philip Pearle
Philip Pearle | |
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| Born | Philip Mark Pearle September 24, 1936 Brooklyn, NY, US |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) theory |
| Spouse | Betty Deborah Cooper Pearle |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kerson Huang |
Philip Mark Pearle (born September 24, 1936) is an American physicist and professor of physics emeritus at Hamilton College, where he taught from 1969 to 2001.
He is known for his contributions to the foundations of quantum mechanics, particularly the development of the Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) theory, designed to resolve the quantum measurement problem.