ABSTRACT
When I took a first glance at Bell’s paper, I got the impression that
all of Bell’s statements were mathematically straightforward and
simply true for numbers and, therefore, a mathematically proven
truth, a theorem for numbers, just as Tony’s equation was. Both
Walter and I could not see why this theorem could be applied to
the actual experiments. I realized that it would be a lot of work
to understand the physical significance of Bell’s ideas, and I first had
to convincemyself that it was reallyworthwhile.What I askedmyself
was whether Bell’s ideas had any consequences for engineering
and technology and not just for the esoteric questions related to
the battle between Einstein and Bohr. While I still was fond of my
childhood dream to make a contribution in mathematical physics, I
had worked too long in areas of applied physics and engineering to
attack a problem that had no applications in the foreseeable future.
