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Hugh Everett III (/ ˈ ɛ v ər ɪ t /; November 11, 1930 – July 19, 1982) was an American physicist who, in his 1957 PhD thesis, proposed what is now known as the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics.
Oct 21, 2008 · Hugh Everett III was a brilliant mathematician, an iconoclastic quantum theorist and, later, a successful defense contractor with access to the nation’s most sensitive military secrets.
Sep 24, 2014 · Learn about the life and work of Hugh Everett, the physicist who proposed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Discover how he came up with the idea, how he worked for the Pentagon, and how he died tragically.
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Feb 8, 2011 · Learn how Hugh Everett III developed the "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics in 1957 and later worked on military operations research. Watch a video lecture by Peter Byrne, his biographer and investigative journalist.
In September, 1955 (the beginning of Everett's third year at Princeton) he presented two small papers to Wheeler. (In Everett's archives, in the same folder with these two, there is stored a third paper, just four pages in length, that may have been written earlier.
Jun 23, 2010 · In The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III, investigative journalist Peter Byrne details the short, fragmented life of the physicist who created the theory. A compulsive model-builder, Hugh Everett...
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Oct 21, 2008 · Half a century has passed since 27-year-old Hugh Everett III published a version of his Princeton Ph.D. dissertation in a leading physics journal, introducing the scientific world to his radical...
