Peter Byrne is an investigative reporter and science writer based in northern California. He has written for Scientific American, Mother Jones, Salon.com, SF Weekly, North Bay Bohemian, and many other magazines and newsweeklies. He has received national recognition for his investigative reporting, including from Investigative Editors & Reporters and Project Censored. He a member of the Foundational Questions Institute, which has supported this book with a large grant. He has made presentations on Everett at University of Oxford, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and University of California, Irvine. He consulted on (and appeared in) the BBC4 production about Everett, Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives. He is curating the Everett papers.

• BOOK 1: BEGINNINGS ; Introduction: The Story of Q ; 1. Family Origins: a Sketch ; 2. Katharine: the Dark Star ; 3. The Scientist as a Young Man ; 4. Stranger in Paradise ; BOOK 2: GAME WORLD ; 5. Demigods ; 6. Decisions, Decisions-the Theory of Games ; 7. Origin of MAD ; 8. von Neumann's Legacy ; BOOK 3: QUANTUM WORLD ; 9. Quantum Everett ; 10. More on the Measurement Problem ; 11. Collapse and Complementarity ; 12. The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics ; BOOK 4: EVERETT AND WHEELER ; 13. Wheeler: the Radical Conservative ; 14. Genesis of Many Worlds ; 15. Alone in the Room ; 16. Tour of Many Worlds ; 17. The Battle with Copenhagen, Part I ; 18. The Battle with Copenhagen, Part II ; 19. The Chapel Hill Affair ; BOOK 5: POSSIBLE WORLD FUTURES ; 20. Preparing for World War III ; 21. From Wargasm to Looking Glass ; 22. Fallout ; BOOK 6: CROSSROADS ; 23. A Bell Jar World ; 24. A Vacation in Copenhagen ; BOOK 7: ASSURED DESTRUCTION ; 25. Everett and Report 50 ; 26. Everett and the SIOP ; BOOK 8: TRANSITIONS ; 27. Behind Closed Doors ; 28. Death's Other Kingdoms ; BOOK 9: BELTWAY BANDIT ; 29. Weaponeering ; 30. The Bayesian Machine ; 31. The Death of Lambda ; BOOK 10: MANY WORLDS REBORN ; 32. DeWitt to the Rescue ; 33. Records in Time ; 34. Austin ; 35. Wheeler Recants ; BOOK 11: AMERICAN TRAGEDY ; 36. The Final Years ; 37. Aftermath ; BOOK 12: EVERETT'S LEGACY ; 38. Modern Everett ; 39. Everett Goes to Oxford ; Epilogue: Beyond Many Worlds

^i The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III ^r deserves to be widely read. It is comprehensive as a biography; satisfactory as an introduction to Everettian Quantum Mechanics; illuminating as a study in the psychology of physicists and of operations researchers; and engaging as a human story. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in quantum theory.

Peter Byrne is an investigative reporter and science writer based in northern California. He has written for Scientific American, Mother Jones, Salon.com, SF Weekly, North Bay Bohemian, and many other magazines and newsweeklies. He has received national recognition for his investigative reporting, including from Investigative Editors & Reporters and Project Censored. He a member of the Foundational Questions Institute, which has supported this book with a large grant. He has made presentations on Everett at University of Oxford, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and University of California, Irvine. He consulted on (and appeared in) the BBC4 production about Everett, Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives. He is curating the Everett papers.

• BOOK 1: BEGINNINGS ; Introduction: The Story of Q ; 1. Family Origins: a Sketch ; 2. Katharine: the Dark Star ; 3. The Scientist as a Young Man ; 4. Stranger in Paradise ; BOOK 2: GAME WORLD ; 5. Demigods ; 6. Decisions, Decisions-the Theory of Games ; 7. Origin of MAD ; 8. von Neumann's Legacy ; BOOK 3: QUANTUM WORLD ; 9. Quantum Everett ; 10. More on the Measurement Problem ; 11. Collapse and Complementarity ; 12. The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics ; BOOK 4: EVERETT AND WHEELER ; 13. Wheeler: the Radical Conservative ; 14. Genesis of Many Worlds ; 15. Alone in the Room ; 16. Tour of Many Worlds ; 17. The Battle with Copenhagen, Part I ; 18. The Battle with Copenhagen, Part II ; 19. The Chapel Hill Affair ; BOOK 5: POSSIBLE WORLD FUTURES ; 20. Preparing for World War III ; 21. From Wargasm to Looking Glass ; 22. Fallout ; BOOK 6: CROSSROADS ; 23. A Bell Jar World ; 24. A Vacation in Copenhagen ; BOOK 7: ASSURED DESTRUCTION ; 25. Everett and Report 50 ; 26. Everett and the SIOP ; BOOK 8: TRANSITIONS ; 27. Behind Closed Doors ; 28. Death's Other Kingdoms ; BOOK 9: BELTWAY BANDIT ; 29. Weaponeering ; 30. The Bayesian Machine ; 31. The Death of Lambda ; BOOK 10: MANY WORLDS REBORN ; 32. DeWitt to the Rescue ; 33. Records in Time ; 34. Austin ; 35. Wheeler Recants ; BOOK 11: AMERICAN TRAGEDY ; 36. The Final Years ; 37. Aftermath ; BOOK 12: EVERETT'S LEGACY ; 38. Modern Everett ; 39. Everett Goes to Oxford ; Epilogue: Beyond Many Worlds

^i The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III ^r deserves to be widely read. It is comprehensive as a biography; satisfactory as an introduction to Everettian Quantum Mechanics; illuminating as a study in the psychology of physicists and of operations researchers; and engaging as a human story. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in quantum theory.

Peter Byrne is an investigative reporter and science writer based in northern California. He has written for Scientific American, Mother Jones, Salon.com, SF Weekly, North Bay Bohemian, and many other magazines and newsweeklies. He has received national recognition for his investigative reporting, including from Investigative Editors & Reporters and Project Censored. He a member of the Foundational Questions Institute, which has supported this book with a large grant. He has made presentations on Everett at University of Oxford, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and University of California, Irvine. He consulted on (and appeared in) the BBC4 production about Everett, Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives. He is curating the Everett papers.

• BOOK 1: BEGINNINGS ; Introduction: The Story of Q ; 1. Family Origins: a Sketch ; 2. Katharine: the Dark Star ; 3. The Scientist as a Young Man ; 4. Stranger in Paradise ; BOOK 2: GAME WORLD ; 5. Demigods ; 6. Decisions, Decisions-the Theory of Games ; 7. Origin of MAD ; 8. von Neumann's Legacy ; BOOK 3: QUANTUM WORLD ; 9. Quantum Everett ; 10. More on the Measurement Problem ; 11. Collapse and Complementarity ; 12. The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics ; BOOK 4: EVERETT AND WHEELER ; 13. Wheeler: the Radical Conservative ; 14. Genesis of Many Worlds ; 15. Alone in the Room ; 16. Tour of Many Worlds ; 17. The Battle with Copenhagen, Part I ; 18. The Battle with Copenhagen, Part II ; 19. The Chapel Hill Affair ; BOOK 5: POSSIBLE WORLD FUTURES ; 20. Preparing for World War III ; 21. From Wargasm to Looking Glass ; 22. Fallout ; BOOK 6: CROSSROADS ; 23. A Bell Jar World ; 24. A Vacation in Copenhagen ; BOOK 7: ASSURED DESTRUCTION ; 25. Everett and Report 50 ; 26. Everett and the SIOP ; BOOK 8: TRANSITIONS ; 27. Behind Closed Doors ; 28. Death's Other Kingdoms ; BOOK 9: BELTWAY BANDIT ; 29. Weaponeering ; 30. The Bayesian Machine ; 31. The Death of Lambda ; BOOK 10: MANY WORLDS REBORN ; 32. DeWitt to the Rescue ; 33. Records in Time ; 34. Austin ; 35. Wheeler Recants ; BOOK 11: AMERICAN TRAGEDY ; 36. The Final Years ; 37. Aftermath ; BOOK 12: EVERETT'S LEGACY ; 38. Modern Everett ; 39. Everett Goes to Oxford ; Epilogue: Beyond Many Worlds

^i The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III ^r deserves to be widely read. It is comprehensive as a biography; satisfactory as an introduction to Everettian Quantum Mechanics; illuminating as a study in the psychology of physicists and of operations researchers; and engaging as a human story. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in quantum theory.