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The Emergent Multiverse
Quantum Theory According to the Everett Interpretation
Taschenbuch von David Wallace
Sprache: Englisch

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David Wallace argues that we should take quantum theory seriously as an account of what the world is like¿which means accepting the idea that the universe is constantly branching into new universes. He presents an accessible but rigorous account of the 'Everett interpretation', the best way to make coherent sense of quantum physics.
David Wallace argues that we should take quantum theory seriously as an account of what the world is like¿which means accepting the idea that the universe is constantly branching into new universes. He presents an accessible but rigorous account of the 'Everett interpretation', the best way to make coherent sense of quantum physics.
Über den Autor
David Wallace was born in San Rafael, California, in 1976, but has been resident in the UK since 1977. He studied theoretical physics at Oxford University from 1994-2002, but upon realising his research interests lay mostly in conceptual and foundational aspects of physics, he moved across into philosophy of physics. For the last six years he has been Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy of Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He holds PhDs in physics and in philosophy, and his research interests span a wide range of issues on the boundary between philosophy and physics: symmetry and the gauge principle, the direction of time, the structure of quantum field theory, and of course the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgements

  • Introduction

  • Part I: The Plurality of Worlds

  • 1: The Paradox of Measurement

  • 2: The emergence of multiplicity

  • 3: Chaos, decoherence, and branching

  • First Interlude

  • Part II: Probability in a Branching Universe

  • 4: The Probability Puzzle

  • 5: Symmetry, rationality, and the Born Rule

  • 6: Everettian statistical inference

  • Second Interlude

  • Part III: Quantum Mechanics, Everett style

  • 7: Uncertainty, Possibility, and Identity

  • 8: Spacetime and the Quantum State

  • 9: The Direction of Branching and the Direction of Time

  • 10: A Cornucopia of Everettian Consequences

  • Conclusion

  • Epilogue

  • Appendices

  • A: Proof of the Branching-Decoherence Theorem

  • B: Classical decision theory

  • C: Formal proofs of decision-theoretic results

  • D: Proof of the Utility Equivalence Lemma

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Theoretische Physik
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 548
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198707547
ISBN-10: 0198707541
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wallace, David
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 216 x 140 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: David Wallace
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.07.2014
Gewicht: 0,681 kg
preigu-id: 108612936
Über den Autor
David Wallace was born in San Rafael, California, in 1976, but has been resident in the UK since 1977. He studied theoretical physics at Oxford University from 1994-2002, but upon realising his research interests lay mostly in conceptual and foundational aspects of physics, he moved across into philosophy of physics. For the last six years he has been Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy of Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He holds PhDs in physics and in philosophy, and his research interests span a wide range of issues on the boundary between philosophy and physics: symmetry and the gauge principle, the direction of time, the structure of quantum field theory, and of course the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgements

  • Introduction

  • Part I: The Plurality of Worlds

  • 1: The Paradox of Measurement

  • 2: The emergence of multiplicity

  • 3: Chaos, decoherence, and branching

  • First Interlude

  • Part II: Probability in a Branching Universe

  • 4: The Probability Puzzle

  • 5: Symmetry, rationality, and the Born Rule

  • 6: Everettian statistical inference

  • Second Interlude

  • Part III: Quantum Mechanics, Everett style

  • 7: Uncertainty, Possibility, and Identity

  • 8: Spacetime and the Quantum State

  • 9: The Direction of Branching and the Direction of Time

  • 10: A Cornucopia of Everettian Consequences

  • Conclusion

  • Epilogue

  • Appendices

  • A: Proof of the Branching-Decoherence Theorem

  • B: Classical decision theory

  • C: Formal proofs of decision-theoretic results

  • D: Proof of the Utility Equivalence Lemma

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Theoretische Physik
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 548
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198707547
ISBN-10: 0198707541
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wallace, David
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 216 x 140 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: David Wallace
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.07.2014
Gewicht: 0,681 kg
preigu-id: 108612936
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