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Hugh Everett III

Hugh Everett III Biography

Physicist

Physicist known for his proposal of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, born on November 11, 1930, and died on July 19, 1982.

Physicist known for his proposal of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, born on November 11, 1930, and died on July 19, 1982.

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“As an analogy one can imagine an intelligent amoeba with a good memory. As time progresses the amoeba is constantly splitting, each time the resulting amoebas having the same memories as the parent. Our amoeba hence does not have a life line, but a life tree.”

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“[The Many-worlds interpretation is the] only completely coherent approach to explaining both the contents of quantum mechanics and the appearance of the world.”

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“If you want to get an interesting perspective do not think of Hugh as a traditional 20th century physicist but more of a Renaissance man with interests and skills in many different areas. He was smart and lots of things interested him and he brought the same general conceptual methodology to solve them. The subject matter was not so important as the solution ideas.”

“Someone once noted that Hugh Everett should have been declared a "national resource," and given all the time and resources he needed to develop new theories.”

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Author:Hugh Everett III

About the Author

Born: November 11, 1930
Died: July 19, 1982
Known for: Physicist
Quotes: 4

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