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Alexander Stern letter to John A. Wheeler, 20-May-1956


Alexander Stern letter to John A. Wheeler, 20-May-1956

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Title Alexander Stern letter to John A. Wheeler, 20-May-1956
Author (s) Stern, Alexander
Date Created 1956-05-20
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Description Alexander Stern was an American physicist and engineer who spent many years during the 1950s and 1960s in residence at Bohr's Institute for Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen. In April, 1956 a copy of the long version of Hugh Everett's thesis was sent to the Institute; the next month, John A. Wheeler traveled to Copenhagen to discuss the thesis with Bohr and others. Soon after he left, Stern held a seminar on Everett's work, during which he recorded some of the reactions of members of the Institute to Everett's ideas. After the seminar, Stern wrote a long letter to Wheeler describing his own (and reporting on his colleagues') dissatisfaction with Everett's theory.
Subject (s) Stern, Alexander W. | Bohr, Niels H.D. | Wheeler, John A. | Quantum mechanics -- Copenhagen interpretation | Quantum measurement problem | Pure wave mechanics | Everett, Hugh III | Correspondence |
Language en_US
Rights This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners and Professor Jeffrey A. Barrett. The author(s) of the material or their heirs retain copyright to this material.Used with the permission of the copyright holder and the estate of Hugh Everett, III.
Publisher University of California, Irvine Libraries. Irvine, California 92623-9557. http://www.lib.uci.edu.
Provenance This document was found in the basement of Mark Everett in 2007 by Mark Everett and Peter Byrne.

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