A quantum life
Quantum information processing and computing has rapidly moved into the mainstream; even the new prime minister of Canada can passably describe a quantum computer to a layman. However, it is important to reflect on the long and tortuous path that the study of quantum fundamentals has taken into the mainstream. Indeed, John Bell's famous impish wit allowed him to host the "unofficial" first session on quantum fundamentals at a meeting in Montana in 1983. Everyone knew of Joh
