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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Wallace (Oxford University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.30cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.604kg ISBN: 9780198707547ISBN 10: 0198707541 Pages: 548 Publication Date: 15 May 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 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 IndexReviewsAs those who have read Wallace's articles will expect, [this] is an excellent book, and should be required reading for anyone interested in the foundations of quantum mechanics. --Peter J. Lewis, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Author InformationDavid 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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