History and Philosophy of Physics

    

How the Naz[i]s Split Modern Physics, and How It Can Be Reunified

Authors: Alan M. Kadin

Everyone knows that the Naz[i]s hated Einstein and relativity. I argue that this hostility had aprofound influence on the development of quantum mechanics in the 1930s, and how it wastaught. Specifically, de Broglie showed that quantum waves derived from special relativity, butpolitical pressures forced German physicists to hide this close connection in the first textbooks.Furthermore, Einstein’s objections to aspects of quantum theory (such as entanglement) wereignored. This led to a split in the foundations of physics that has continued to the present,between relativity on the one hand, and quantum theory on the other. It is past time to reunifyphysics, by reimagining how "quantum relativity" would have developed without the influenceof the Nazis. This may have important implications for the future of physics, particularlyregarding quantum computing.

Comments: 9 Pages. Submitted to Foundational Questions Institute (FQXI) Essay Context, March 2023

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