Description: 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, Paperback by Dewitt, Bryce Seligman (EDT); Graham, Neill (EDT), ISBN 069161895X, ISBN-13 9780691618951, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
A novel interpretation of quantum mechanics, first proposed in brief form by Hugh Everett in 1957, forms the nucleus around which this book has developed. In his interpretation, Dr. 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, is not the reality customarily perceived; rather, it is 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.
The volume contains Dr. Everetts short paper from 1957, "Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics," and a far longer exposition of his interpretation, entitled "The Theory of the Universal Wave Function," never before published. In addition, other papers by Wheeler, DeWitt, Graham, and Cooper and Van Vechten provide further discussion of the same theme. Together, they constitute virtually the entire world output of scholarly commentary on the Everett interpretation.
Originally published in 1973.
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Book Title: Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics : A Fundamental E
Number of Pages: 266 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: 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
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Physics / Quantum Theory
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.8 in
Subject Area: Science
Author: Neill Graham
Item Width: 7.1 in
Series: Princeton Series in Physics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
