The emergent multiverse : quantum theory according to the Everett Interpretation / David Wallace.
By: Wallace, David.
Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press ; c2014Edition: 1st paperback ed.Description: xv, 530 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780198707547.Subject(s): Quantum theoryGenre/Form: Print books.Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Introduction -- Part I. The Plurality of Worlds -- The paradox of measurement -- The emergence of multiplicity -- Chaos, decoherence, and branching -- First interlude -- Part II. Probability in a Branching Universe -- The probability puzzle -- Symmetry, rationality, and the born rule -- Everettian statistical inference -- Second interlude -- Part III. Quantum Mechanics, Everett Style -- Uncertainty, possibility, and identity -- Spacetime and the quantum state -- The directuibs of branching and the direction of time -- A cornucopia of Everttian 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.