David Wallace (Oxford University)

Broschiertes Buch

The Emergent Multiverse

Quantum Theory According to the Everett Interpretation

Beschreibung

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.

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 548
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9780198707547
• ISBN-10: 0198707541
• Artikelnr.: 40030020