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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| General Introduction | |
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| Everett and His Project | |
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| Everett's Target: The Measurement Problem | |
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| Biographical Introduction | |
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| Basement Treasure | |
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| Life of Everett: The Short Story | |
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| Origins of the Theory | |
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| To Split or Not To Split | |
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| Operations Research | |
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| The Theory Matures | |
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| Conceptual Introduction | |
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| The Quantum Measurement Problem | |
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| Everett's Proposed Resolution | |
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| Interpretations of Everett | |
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| On the Faithful Interpretation of Everett | |
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| The Evolution of the Thesis | |
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| Minipaper: Objective versus Subjective Probability (1955) | |
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| Minipaper: Quantitative Measure of Correlation (1955) | |
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| Minipaper: Probability in Wave Mechanics (1955) | |
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| Correspondence: Wheeler to Everett (1955) | |
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| Long Thesis: Theory of the Universal Wave Function (1956) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Probability, Information, and Correlation | |
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| Quantum Mechanics | |
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| Observation | |
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| Supplementary Topics | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Appendix I | |
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| Appendix II: Remarks on the Role of Theoretical Physics | |
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| Short Thesis: "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics (1957) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Realm of Applicability of the Conventional or "External Observation" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics | |
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| Quantum Mechanics Internal to an Isolated System | |
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| Concept of Relative State | |
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| Observation | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Wheeler Article: Assessment of Everett's "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Theory (1957) | |
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| The Copenhagen Debate | |
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| Correspondence: Wheeler and Everett (1956) | |
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| Wheeler to Everett, May 22, 1956 | |
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| Wheeler Notes on Conversation with Petersen, May 3, 1956 | |
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| Wheeler to Everett, May 26, 1956 | |
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| Wheeler to Everett, September 17, 1956 | |
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| Correspondence: Wheeler, Everett, and Stern (1956) | |
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| Stern to Wheeler, May 20, 1956 | |
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| Wheeler to Stern, May 25, 1956 | |
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| Wheeler to Everett, May 25, 1956 | |
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| Correspondence: Groenewold to Everett (1957) | |
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| Groenewold to Everett and Wheeler, April 11, 1957 | |
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| Correspondence: Everett and Wiener (1957) | |
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| Wiener to Wheeler, April 9, 1957 | |
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| Everett to Wiener, May 31, 1957 | |
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| Correspondence: Everett and Petersen (1957) | |
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| Petersen to Everett, April 24, 1957 | |
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| Everett to Petersen, May 31, 1957 | |
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| Correspondence: Everett and DeWitt (1957) | |
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| DeWitt to Wheeler, May 7, 1957 | |
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| Everett to DeWitt, May 31, 1957 | |
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| Correspondence: Everett and Frank (1957) | |
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| Everett to Prank, May 31, 1957 | |
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| Frank to Everett, August 3, 1957 | |
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| Correspondence: Everett and Jaynes (1957) | |
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| Everett to Jaynes, June 11, 1957 | |
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| Post-Thesis Correspondence and Notes | |
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| Transcript: Conference at Xavier University (1959) | |
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| Notes: Everett on DeWitt (1970) | |
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| Notes: Everett on Bell (1971) | |
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| Correspondence: Jammer, Wheeler, and Everett (1972) | |
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| Jammer to Wheeler, January 11, 1972 | |
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| Wheeler to Jammer, March 19, 1972 | |
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| Jammer to Everett, August 28, 1973 | |
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| Everett to Jammer, September 19, 1973 | |
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| Transcript: Everett and Misner (1977) | |
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| Correspondence: Everett and L�vy-Leblond (1977) | |
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| L�vy-Leblond to Everett, August 17, 1977 | |
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| Everett to L�vy-Leblond, November 15, 1977 | |
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| Correspondence: Everett and Raub (1980) | |
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| Everett to Raub, April 7, 1980 | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Everett's Notes on Possible Thesis Titles | |
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| Early Draft Outline for Long Thesis | |
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| Universal Wave Function Note | |
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| Handwritten Draft Introduction to the Long Thesis | |
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| Handwritten Draft Conclusion to the Long Thesis | |
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| Handwritten Revisions to the Long Thesis for Inclusion in DeWitt and Graham (1973) | |
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| Handwritten Notes on Everett's Copy of DeWitt and Graham (1973) | |
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| Concluding Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |