Hugh Everett III digitized manuscripts, circa 1930-1990

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American physicist Hugh Everett, III (1930-1982) first proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics. These documents include scanned original documents draft and final versions of Everett's long and short Ph.D. theses and the early notes that led to these published works, Everett's correspondence regarding his relative state formulation of pure wave mechanics, and miscellaneous biographical material. The original documents were digitized with support from a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant led by Jeffrey A. Barrett, Professor and Chair of the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine, in 2010.

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1.95 Gigabytes

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English .

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Hugh Everett III digitized manuscripts. MS-M065. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. [Date accessed}.

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Background

Scope and content:: American physicist Hugh Everett, III (1930-1982) first proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics. These documents include scanned original documents draft and final versions of Everett's long and short Ph.D. theses and the early notes that led to these published works, Everett's correspondence regarding his relative state formulation of pure wave mechanics, and miscellaneous biographical material. The original documents were digitized with support from a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant led by Jeffrey A. Barrett, Professor and Chair of the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine, in 2010.
Acquisition information:: The original documents were digitized with support from a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant led by Jeffrey A. Barrett, Professor and Chair of the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine, in 2010. These originals were donated to the American Institute of Physics by Hugh Everett's son, Mark Everett, in 2011.
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Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact Jeffrey A. Barrett, representative for the Everett Estate, j.barrett@uci.edu.