THE MANY WORLDS INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS IN SCIENCE FICTION.
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Quantum Mechanics, FictionAbstract
The existence of a multiverse made up of multiple perhaps infinite alternates has been seriously considered by physicists since 1957 when Hugh Everett III proposed the Relative State Formulation theory, also known as the theory of Universal Wave Function. Years later, Bryce DeWitt renamed and popularized Everett’s theory by calling it Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (MWI). This chapter intends to explain the MWI in more accessible words by demonstrating how this theory has been explored in several popular works of science fiction.
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