LETTERS AND COMMENTS: On Bohr's response to the clock-in-the-box thought experiment of Einstein *On Bohr's response to the clock-in-the-box thought experiment of Einstein

@article{Hnizdo2001LETTERSAC,
  title={LETTERS AND COMMENTS: On Bohr's response to the clock-in-the-box thought experiment of Einstein *On Bohr's response to the clock-in-the-box thought experiment of Einstein},
  author={Vladimir Hnizdo},
  journal={European Journal of Physics},
  year={2001}
}
  • V. Hnizdo
  • Published 5 July 2001
  • Physics, Education
  • European Journal of Physics
The recent analysis by de la Torre, Daleo and Garcia-Mata of the reply of Bohr to the famous clock-in-the-box challenge of Einstein is criticized. 
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