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The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Bernard d'Espagnat

Born: August 22, 1921
Died: August 1, 2015 (aged 93)
Bio: Bernard d'Espagnat was a French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality.
Known for:
- On physics and philosophy (2006)
- Veiled reality (1995)
- Conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics (1971)
- In Search of Reality (1983)