The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: A Fundamental Exposition by Hugh Everett, III, with Papers by J. A. Wheeler, B. S. DeWitt, L. N. Cooper and D. Van Vechten, and N. Graham (Princeton Series in Physics)
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- Synopsis
- A landmark book on the influential many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanicsIn 1957, Hugh Everett proposed a novel interpretation of quantum mechanics—a view that eventually became known as the many-worlds interpretation. This book presents Everett&’s two landmark papers on the idea—&“&‘Relative State&’ Formulation of Quantum Mechanics&” and &“The Theory of the Universal Wave Function&”—as well as further discussion of the idea in papers from a number of other physicists: J. A. Wheeler, Bryce DeWitt, L. N. Cooper and D. Van Vechten, and Neill Graham.In his interpretation, Everett denies the existence of a separate classical realm and asserts the propriety of considering a state vector for the whole universe. Because this state vector never collapses, reality as a whole is rigorously deterministic. This reality, which is described jointly by the dynamical variables and the state vector, isn&’t the reality customarily perceived; rather, it&’s a reality composed of many worlds. By virtue of the temporal development of the dynamical variables, the state vector decomposes naturally into orthogonal vectors, reflecting a continual splitting of the universe into a multitude of mutually unobservable but equally real worlds, in each of which every good measurement has yielded a definite result, and in most of which the familiar statistical quantum laws hold.Bryce S. DeWitt (1923–2004) was a prize-winning theoretical physicist and professor emeritus of physics at the University of Texas at Austin. Neill Graham (1941–2015) was a physicist and writer.
- Copyright:
- 1973
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 266 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780691273655
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780691273662, 9780691081267, 9780691081311, 9780691645926, 9780691273679, 9780691618951, 9781400868056
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 03/25/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Princeton University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Nonfiction, Science
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- Edited by:
- Bryce Seligman Dewitt
- Edited by:
- Neill Graham