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The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III Multiple Universes, Mutual Assured Destruction, and the Meltdown of a Nuclear Family Peter Byrne Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Peter Byrne 2010 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available Typeset by SPI Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, Wiltshire ISBN 978–0–19–955227–6 (Hbk.) 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Dedicated to Stacey L. Evans and our son, Miles Patrick Byrne. These necromantic books are heavenly, Lines, circles, scenes, letters and characters: Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires. Oh, what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honour, of omnipotence, Is promised to the studious artizan! All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command. Emperors and kings Are but obeyed in their several provinces. Nor can they raise the wind or rend the clouds. But his dominion that exceeds in this Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man: A sound magician is a demi-god. Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, Act One, Scene One, 1592. What is that little Devil’s pitchfork? Mark Everett, 2007. Upon seeing ψ, the Greek letter (psi) symbolizing the quantum mechanical wave function. Contents Forewords 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
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