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The many worlds of Hugh Everett III : multiple universes, mutual assured destruction, and the meltdown of a nuclear family
Title:
The many worlds of Hugh Everett III : multiple universes, mutual assured destruction, and the meltdown of a nuclear family
Author:
Byrne, Peter, author.
ISBN:
9780199552276
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Physical Description:
xiii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- 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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