The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III - Byrne, Peter
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Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism.

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Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism.
Autorenporträt
Peter Byrne is an investigative reporter and science writer based in Northern California. His work has appeared in Scientific American, Physics World, Mother Jones, Salon.com, SF Weekly, San Francisco Bay Guardian, North Bay Bohemian and many other magazines and newsweeklies. He has received national recognition for his investigative reporting, including from Investigative Editors & Reporters and Project Censored. He is a member of the Foundational Questions Institute and the National Association of Science Writers. He consulted for (and appeared in) the BBC4/NOVA production about Everett, Parallel Words, Parallel Lives. Byrne and Jeffrey A. Barrett co-edited The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, Collected Works 1955-1980 with Commentary (Princeton University Press, 2012).