Many Worlds?: Everett, Quantum Theory, & Reality

by Jonathan Barrett, Adrian Kent, Simon Saunders

Book Overview

What does realism about the quantum state imply? What follows when quantum theory is applied without restriction, if need be, to the whole universe? These are the questions which an illustrious team of philosophers and physicists debate in this volume. All the contributors are agreed on realism, and on the need, or the aspiration, for a theory that unites micro- and macroworlds, at least in principle. But the further claim argued by some is that if...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199655502
• ISBN13: 9780199655502
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 636 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"