Philip Pearle

Philip Pearle
Born
Philip Mark Pearle

( 1936-09-24)September 24, 1936
Alma mater
Known forContinuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) theory
SpouseBetty Deborah Cooper Pearle
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
Thesis (1963)
Doctoral advisorKerson 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.