The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (eBook)

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

Bryce Seligman Dewitt, Neill Graham (Herausgeber)

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2025
380 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-27365-5 (ISBN)

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A landmark book on the influential many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanicsIn 1957, Hugh Everett proposed a novel interpretation of quantum mechanicsa view that eventually became known as the many-worlds interpretation. This book presents Everett's two landmark papers on the idea';';Relative State' Formulation of Quantum Mechanics' and ';The Theory of the Universal Wave Function'as well as further discussion of the idea in papers from a number of other physicists: J. A. Wheeler, Bryce DeWitt, L. N. Cooper and D. Van Vechten, and Neill Graham.In his interpretation, 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, isn't the reality customarily perceived; rather, it's 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.Bryce S. DeWitt (19232004) was a prize-winning theoretical physicist and professor emeritus of physics at the University of Texas at Austin. Neill Graham (19412015) was a physicist and writer.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.3.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Physics
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Schlagworte: A priori probability • Axiom • Celestial mechanics • classical mechanics • Classical physics • commutative property • Degeneracy (mathematics) • Degrees of freedom (mechanics) • Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) • Density Matrix • Eigenfunction • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • Einstein notation • elementary particle • Equation • ergodic theory • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • Experimental Physics • Fermion • Heisenberg picture • Hidden variable theory • hilbert space • Interpretations of quantum mechanics • Joint probability distribution • Many-worlds interpretation • Markov Chain • Markov process • Massive particle • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution • Measurement • Measurement in quantum mechanics • Modern Physics • Orthonormal basis • Orthonormality • Phase space • Photon • physicist • Physics • Probability • Probability Distribution • Probability interpretations • probability measure • Probability Theory • Psychophysical parallelism • Quantity • quantum field theory • Quantum Gravity • quantum mechanics • quantum realm • quantum superposition • quantum system • Random Variable • renormalization • Scale factor (cosmology) • Schrödinger equation • second law of thermodynamics • Shape of the universe • Special relativity • Spin (physics) • State function • Statistical ensemble (mathematical physics) • Statistical Mechanics • Stochastic process • superposition principle • theoretical physics • theory • unitary transformation • Universal wavefunction • Variable (mathematics) • wave function
• ISBN-10: 0-691-27365-0 / 0691273650
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-27365-5 / 9780691273655