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Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism.

Note biographique

Peter Byrne is an investigative reporter and science writer based in Northern California. His work has appeared in Scientific American, Physics World, Mother Jones, Salon.com, SF Weekly, San Francisco Bay Guardian, North Bay Bohemian and many other magazines and newsweeklies. He has received national recognition for his investigative reporting, including from Investigative Editors & Reporters and Project Censored. He is a member of the Foundational Questions Institute and the National Association of Science Writers. He consulted for (and appeared in) the BBC4/NOVA production about Everett, Parallel Words, Parallel Lives. Byrne and Jeffrey A. Barrett co-edited The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, Collected Works 1955-1980 with Commentary (Princeton University Press, 2012).

Table des matières

• Book 1: Beginnings


• Introduction: The Story of Q


• 1: Family Origins: a Sketch


• 2: Katharine: the Dark Star


• 3: The Scientist as a Young Man


• 4: Stranger in Paradise


• Book 2: Game World


• 5: Demigods


• 6: Decisions, Decisions-the Theory of Games


• 7: Origin of MAD


• 8: von Neumann's Legacy


• Book 3: Quantum World


• 9: Quantum Everett


• 10: More on the Measurement Problem


• 11: Collapse and Complementarity


• 12: The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics


• Book 4: Everett and Wheeler


• 13: Wheeler: the Radical Conservative


• 14: Genesis of Many Worlds


• 15: Alone in the Room


• 16: Tour of Many Worlds


• 17: The Battle with Copenhagen, Part I


• 18: The Battle with Copenhagen, Part II


• 19: The Chapel Hill Affair


• Book 5: Possible World Futures


• 20: Preparing for World War III


• 21: From Wargasm to Looking Glass


• 22: Fallout


• Book 6: Crossroads


• 23: A Bell Jar World


• 24: A Vacation in Copenhagen


• Book 7: Assured Destruction


• 25: Everett and Report 50


• 26: Everett and the SIOP


• Book 8: Transitions


• 27: Behind Closed Doors


• 28: Death's Other Kingdoms


• Book 9: Beltway Bandit


• 29: Weaponeering


• 30: The Bayesian Machine


• 31: The Death of Lambda


• Book 10: Many Worlds Reborn


• 32: DeWitt to the Rescue


• 33: Records in Time


• 34: Austin


• 35: Wheeler Recants


• Book 11: American Tragedy


• 36: The Final Years


• 37: Aftermath


• Book 12: Everett's Legacy


• 38: Modern Everett


• 39: Everett Goes to Oxford


• Epilogue: Beyond Many Worlds


• Book 1: Beginnings


• Introduction: The Story of Q


• 1: Family Origins: a Sketch


• 2: Katharine: the Dark Star


• 3: The Scientist as a Young Man


• 4: Stranger in Paradise


• Book 2: Game World


• 5: Demigods


• 6: Decisions, Decisions-the Theory of Games


• 7: Origin of MAD


• 8: von Neumann's Legacy


• Book 3: Quantum World


• 9: Quantum Everett


• 10: More on the Measurement Problem


• 11: Collapse and Complementarity


• 12: The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics


• Book 4: Everett and Wheeler


• 13: Wheeler: the Radical Conservative


• 14: Genesis of Many Worlds


• 15: Alone in the Room


• 16: Tour of Many Worlds


• 17: The Battle with Copenhagen, Part I


• 18: The Battle with Copenhagen, Part II


• 19: The Chapel Hill Affair


• Book 5: Possible World Futures


• 20: Preparing for World War III


• 21: From Wargasm to Looking Glass


• 22: Fallout


• Book 6: Crossroads


• 23: A Bell Jar World


• 24: A Vacation in Copenhagen


• Book 7: Assured Destruction


• 25: Everett and Report 50


• 26: Everett and the SIOP


• Book 8: Transitions


• 27: Behind Closed Doors


• 28: Death's Other Kingdoms


• Book 9: Beltway Bandit


• 29: Weaponeering


• 30: The Bayesian Machine


• 31: The Death of Lambda


• Book 10: Many Worlds Reborn


• 32: DeWitt to the Rescue


• 33: Records in Time


• 34: Austin


• 35: Wheeler Recants


• Book 11: American Tragedy


• 36: The Final Years


• 37: Aftermath


• Book 12: Everett's Legacy


• 38: Modern Everett


• 39: Everett Goes to Oxford


• Epilogue: Beyond Many Worlds

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