The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics : : Collected Works 1955-1980 with Commentary / / ed. by Jeffrey A. Barrett, Peter Byrne.
Hugh Everett III was an American physicist best known for his many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, which formed the basis of his PhD thesis at Princeton University in 1957. Although counterintuitive, Everett's revolutionary formulation of quantum mechanics offers the most direct sol...
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The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics : Collected Works 1955-1980 with Commentary / ed. by Jeffrey A. Barrett, Peter Byrne. Core Textbook Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource (392 p.) : 44 halftones. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I. Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. General Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. Biographical Introduction -- CHAPTER 3. Conceptual Introduction -- PART II. The Evolution of the Thesis -- CHAPTER 4. Minipaper: Objective versus Subjective Probability (1955) -- CHAPTER 5. Minipaper: Quantitative Measure of Correlation (1955) -- CHAPTER 6. Minipaper: Probability in Wave Mechanics (1955) -- CHAPTER 7. Correspondence: Wheeler to Everett (1955) -- CHAPTER 8. Long Thesis: Theory of the Universal Wave Function (1956) -- CHAPTER 9. Short Thesis: "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics (1957) -- CHAPTER 10. Wheeler Article: Assessment of Everett's "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Theory (1957) -- PART III. The Copenhagen Debate -- CHAPTER 11. Correspondence: Wheeler and Everett (1956) -- CHAPTER 12. Correspondence: Wheeler, Everett, and Stern (1956) -- CHAPTER 13. Correspondence: Groenewold to Everett (1957) -- CHAPTER 14. Correspondence: Everett and Wiener (1957) -- CHAPTER 15. Correspondence: Everett and Petersen (1957) -- CHAPTER 16. Correspondence: Everett and DeWitt (1957) -- CHAPTER 17. Correspondence: Everett and Frank (1957) -- CHAPTER 18. Correspondence: Everett and Jaynes (1957) -- PART IV. Post-thesis Correspondence and Notes -- CHAPTER 19. Transcript: Conference at Xavier University (1959) -- CHAPTER 20. Notes: Everett on DeWitt (1970) -- CHAPTER 21. Notes: Everett on Bell (1971) -- CHAPTER 22. Correspondence: Jammer, Wheeler, and Everett (1972) -- CHAPTER 23. Transcript: Everett and Misner (1977) -- CHAPTER 24. Correspondence: Everett and Lévy-Leblond (1977) -- CHAPTER 25. Correspondence: Everett and Raub (1980) -- PART V. Appendixes -- APPENDIX A: Everett's Notes on Possible Thesis Titles -- APPENDIX B: Early Draft Outline for Long Thesis -- APPENDIX C: Universal Wave Function Note -- APPENDIX D: Handwritten Draft Introduction to the Long Thesis -- APPENDIX E: Handwritten Draft Conclusion to the Long Thesis -- APPENDIX F: Handwritten Revisions to the Long Thesis for Inclusion in DeWitt and Graham (1973) -- APPENDIX G: Handwritten Notes on Everett's Copy of DeWitt and Graham (1973) -- CONCLUDING NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Hugh Everett III was an American physicist best known for his many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, which formed the basis of his PhD thesis at Princeton University in 1957. Although counterintuitive, Everett's revolutionary formulation of quantum mechanics offers the most direct solution to the infamous quantum measurement problem--that is, how and why the singular world of our experience emerges from the multiplicities of alternatives available in the quantum world. The many-worlds interpretation postulates the existence of multiple universes. Whenever a measurement-like interaction occurs, the universe branches into relative states, one for each possible outcome of the measurement, and the world in which we find ourselves is but one of these many, but equally real, possibilities. Everett's challenge to the orthodox interpretation of quantum mechanics was met with scorn from Niels Bohr and other leading physicists, and Everett subsequently abandoned academia to conduct military operations research. Today, however, Everett's formulation of quantum mechanics is widely recognized as one of the most controversial but promising physical theories of the last century. In this book, Jeffrey Barrett and Peter Byrne present the long and short versions of Everett's thesis along with a collection of his explanatory writings and correspondence. These primary source documents, many of them newly discovered and most unpublished until now, reveal how Everett's thinking evolved from his days as a graduate student to his untimely death in 1982. This definitive volume also features Barrett and Byrne's introductory essays, notes, and commentary that put Everett's extraordinary theory into historical and scientific perspective and discuss the puzzles that still remain. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Quantum theory. 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The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics : Collected Works 1955-1980 with Commentary / Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I. Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. General Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. Biographical Introduction -- CHAPTER 3. Conceptual Introduction -- PART II. The Evolution of the Thesis -- CHAPTER 4. Minipaper: Objective versus Subjective Probability (1955) -- CHAPTER 5. Minipaper: Quantitative Measure of Correlation (1955) -- CHAPTER 6. Minipaper: Probability in Wave Mechanics (1955) -- CHAPTER 7. Correspondence: Wheeler to Everett (1955) -- CHAPTER 8. Long Thesis: Theory of the Universal Wave Function (1956) -- CHAPTER 9. Short Thesis: "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics (1957) -- CHAPTER 10. Wheeler Article: Assessment of Everett's "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Theory (1957) -- PART III. The Copenhagen Debate -- CHAPTER 11. Correspondence: Wheeler and Everett (1956) -- CHAPTER 12. Correspondence: Wheeler, Everett, and Stern (1956) -- CHAPTER 13. Correspondence: Groenewold to Everett (1957) -- CHAPTER 14. Correspondence: Everett and Wiener (1957) -- CHAPTER 15. Correspondence: Everett and Petersen (1957) -- CHAPTER 16. Correspondence: Everett and DeWitt (1957) -- CHAPTER 17. Correspondence: Everett and Frank (1957) -- CHAPTER 18. Correspondence: Everett and Jaynes (1957) -- PART IV. Post-thesis Correspondence and Notes -- CHAPTER 19. Transcript: Conference at Xavier University (1959) -- CHAPTER 20. Notes: Everett on DeWitt (1970) -- CHAPTER 21. Notes: Everett on Bell (1971) -- CHAPTER 22. Correspondence: Jammer, Wheeler, and Everett (1972) -- CHAPTER 23. Transcript: Everett and Misner (1977) -- CHAPTER 24. Correspondence: Everett and Lévy-Leblond (1977) -- CHAPTER 25. Correspondence: Everett and Raub (1980) -- PART V. Appendixes -- APPENDIX A: Everett's Notes on Possible Thesis Titles -- APPENDIX B: Early Draft Outline for Long Thesis -- APPENDIX C: Universal Wave Function Note -- APPENDIX D: Handwritten Draft Introduction to the Long Thesis -- APPENDIX E: Handwritten Draft Conclusion to the Long Thesis -- APPENDIX F: Handwritten Revisions to the Long Thesis for Inclusion in DeWitt and Graham (1973) -- APPENDIX G: Handwritten Notes on Everett's Copy of DeWitt and Graham (1973) -- CONCLUDING NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I. Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. General Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. Biographical Introduction -- CHAPTER 3. Conceptual Introduction -- PART II. The Evolution of the Thesis -- CHAPTER 4. Minipaper: Objective versus Subjective Probability (1955) -- CHAPTER 5. Minipaper: Quantitative Measure of Correlation (1955) -- CHAPTER 6. Minipaper: Probability in Wave Mechanics (1955) -- CHAPTER 7. Correspondence: Wheeler to Everett (1955) -- CHAPTER 8. Long Thesis: Theory of the Universal Wave Function (1956) -- CHAPTER 9. Short Thesis: "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics (1957) -- CHAPTER 10. Wheeler Article: Assessment of Everett's "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Theory (1957) -- PART III. The Copenhagen Debate -- CHAPTER 11. Correspondence: Wheeler and Everett (1956) -- CHAPTER 12. Correspondence: Wheeler, Everett, and Stern (1956) -- CHAPTER 13. Correspondence: Groenewold to Everett (1957) -- CHAPTER 14. Correspondence: Everett and Wiener (1957) -- CHAPTER 15. Correspondence: Everett and Petersen (1957) -- CHAPTER 16. Correspondence: Everett and DeWitt (1957) -- CHAPTER 17. Correspondence: Everett and Frank (1957) -- CHAPTER 18. Correspondence: Everett and Jaynes (1957) -- PART IV. Post-thesis Correspondence and Notes -- CHAPTER 19. Transcript: Conference at Xavier University (1959) -- CHAPTER 20. Notes: Everett on DeWitt (1970) -- CHAPTER 21. Notes: Everett on Bell (1971) -- CHAPTER 22. Correspondence: Jammer, Wheeler, and Everett (1972) -- CHAPTER 23. Transcript: Everett and Misner (1977) -- CHAPTER 24. Correspondence: Everett and Lévy-Leblond (1977) -- CHAPTER 25. Correspondence: Everett and Raub (1980) -- PART V. Appendixes -- APPENDIX A: Everett's Notes on Possible Thesis Titles -- APPENDIX B: Early Draft Outline for Long Thesis -- APPENDIX C: Universal Wave Function Note -- APPENDIX D: Handwritten Draft Introduction to the Long Thesis -- APPENDIX E: Handwritten Draft Conclusion to the Long Thesis -- APPENDIX F: Handwritten Revisions to the Long Thesis for Inclusion in DeWitt and Graham (1973) -- APPENDIX G: Handwritten Notes on Everett's Copy of DeWitt and Graham (1973) -- CONCLUDING NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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