The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics : : Collected Works 1955-1980 with Commentary /

The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics : : Collected Works 1955-1980 with Commentary / / ed. by Jeffrey A. Barrett, Peter Byrne.

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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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Barrett, Jeffrey A.,
Byrne, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Core Textbook
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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