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MS.M.065
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Hugh Everett III digitized manuscripts
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.065
Physical Description:
1.95 Gigabytes
Date (inclusive): circa 1930-1990
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material:
English
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The collection is open for research.
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.
Hugh Everett III digitized manuscripts. MS-M065. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
[Date accessed}.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
See the
Hugh Everett addition to papers
finding aid from the American Institute of Physics for more information.
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.
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.