About the Authors

Two paths to the same question

Two careers that meet at the same question von Neumann asked: what do the equations of quantum mechanics tell us about the world?

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Lionel Martellini

Lionel Martellini

Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School · Founding Director, EDHEC Quantum Institute

Lionel Martellini is Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School, Founding Director of the EDHEC Quantum Institute, and Research Director at the CFA Institute Research Foundation. He was previously a faculty member at the University of Southern California and has held visiting positions at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He holds dual PhDs in Finance from the University of California, Berkeley, and in Astrophysics from Université Côte d'Azur, and he conducts research in both quantitative finance and the foundations of physics.

Uniquely positioned at the intersection of theoretical physics and modern decision theory, Martellini combines academic rigor with narrative clarity in an imaginative exploration of the missing chapter in John von Neumann's intellectual legacy.

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Yuval Boger

Yuval Boger

Chief Commercial Officer, QuEra Computing · Host, The Superposition Guy's Podcast

Yuval Boger is a deep-tech executive and Chief Commercial Officer at QuEra Computing. He holds a graduate degree in physics from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Northwestern University. Earlier in his career, he served as CEO and CMO of frontier-technology companies spanning quantum software, wireless power and virtual reality.

He hosts The Superposition Guy's Podcast, featuring conversations with researchers, entrepreneurs and policymakers shaping quantum technology.

Boger brings a commercial operator's perspective to the enduring questions raised by John von Neumann's work: how foundational ideas in physics and computation become technologies that change the world.

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Lionel and Yuval speak about quantum foundations, the history of physics and quantum technology. Get in touch about events, media or educational use.

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