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001 2012418035
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008 120820s2012 enka b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2012418035
020 $a9780199546961
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn769989468
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050 00 $aQC174.12$b.W348 2012
082 04 $a530.12
100 1 $aWallace, David
245 14 $aThe emergent multiverse :$bquantum theory according to the Everett Interpretation /$cDavid Wallace.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aOxford, U.K. :$bOxford University Press ;$cc2012.
300 $axv, 530 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
650 0 $aQuantum theory.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1308/2012418035-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1308/2012418035-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1308/2012418035-t.html