000783299 000__ 03575cam\a22003854a\4500 000783299 001__ 783299 000783299 005__ 20210515130548.0 000783299 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000783299 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000783299 008__ 100305s2010\\\\nyua\\\\ob\\\\001\0beng\d 000783299 010__ $$z 2010007424 000783299 020__ $$z9780199552276 000783299 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC3053849 000783299 035__ $$a(Au-PeEL)EBL3053849 000783299 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10409104 000783299 035__ $$a(CaONFJC)MIL273072 000783299 035__ $$a(OCoLC)654103899 000783299 040__ $$aMiAaPQ$$cMiAaPQ$$dMiAaPQ 000783299 043__ $$an-us--- 000783299 050_4 $$aQC774.E94$$bB97 2010eb 000783299 08204 $$a530.092$$aB$$222 000783299 1001_ $$aByrne, Peter. 000783299 24514 $$aThe many worlds of Hugh Everett III :$$bmultiple universes, mutual assured destruction, and the meltdown of a nuclear family /$$cPeter Byrne. 000783299 260__ $$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$cc2010. 000783299 300__ $$axiii, 436 p. :$$bill. 000783299 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [399]-416)and index. 000783299 520__ $$a"Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "many worlds" theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy. Using Everett's unpublished papers (recently discovered in his son's basement) and dozens of interviews with his friends, colleagues, and surviving family members, Byrne paints, for the general reader, a detailed portrait of the genius who invented an astonishing way of describing our complex universe from the inside. Everett's mathematical model (called the "universal wave function") treats all possible events as "equally real", and concludes that countless copies of every person and thing exist in all possible configurations spread over an infinity of universes: many worlds. Afflicted by depression and addictions, Everett strove to bring rational order to the professional realms in which he played historically significant roles. In addition to his famous interpretation of quantum mechanics, Everett wrote a classic paper in game theory; created computer algorithms that revolutionized military operations research; and performed pioneering work in artificial intelligence for top secret government projects. He wrote the original software for targeting cities in a nuclear hot war; and he was one of the first scientists to recognize the danger of nuclear winter. As a Cold Warrior, he designed logical systems that modeled "rational" human and machine behaviors, and yet he was largely oblivious to the emotional damage his irrational personal behavior inflicted upon his family, lovers, and business partners. He died young, but left behind a fascinating record of his life, including correspondence with such philosophically inclined physicists as Niels Bohr, Norbert Wiener, and John Wheeler. These remarkable letters illuminate the long and often bitter struggle to explain the paradox of measurement at the heart of quantum physics. In recent years, Everett's solution to this mysterious problem-the existence of a universe of universes-has gained considerable traction in scientific circles, not as science fiction, but as an explanation of physical reality"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000783299 60010 $$aEverett, Hugh. 000783299 650_0 $$aNuclear physicists$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000783299 650_0 $$aQuantum theory. 000783299 650_0 $$aSpace and time. 000783299 650_0 $$aDefense contracts$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000783299 852__ $$bebk 000783299 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3053849$$zOnline Access 000783299 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:783299$$pGLOBAL_SET 000783299 980__ $$aEBOOK 000783299 980__ $$aBIB 000783299 982__ $$aEbook 000783299 983__ $$aOnline