.

0 (hodnocen0 x )

EB

ONLINE

New York : Oxford University Press, c2010

1 online resource (xiii, 436 p.) : ill

ISBN 9780199552276 (hardback)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-416)and index

These remarkable letters illuminate the long and often bitter struggle to explain the paradox of measurement at the heart of quantum physics. In recent years, Everett’s solution to this mysterious problem-the existence of a universe of universes-has gained considerable traction in scientific circles, not as science fiction, but as an explanation of physical reality"-- Provided by publisher..

"Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "many worlds" theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy. Using Everett’s unpublished papers (recently discovered in his son’s basement) and dozens of interviews with his friends, colleagues, and surviving family members, Byrne paints, for the general reader, a detailed portrait of the genius who invented an astonishing way of describing our complex universe from the inside. Everett’s mathematical model (called the "universal wave function") treats all possible events as "equally real", and concludes that countless copies of every person and thing exist in all possible configurations spread over an infinity of universes: many worlds. Afflicted by depression and addictions, Everett strove to bring rational order to the professional realms in which he played historically significant roles.-.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

001806275

full

(Au-PeEL)EBL3053849

(CaONFJC)MIL273072

(CaPaEBR)ebr10409104

(MiAaPQ)EBC3053849

(OCoLC)654103899