Date Created: 1957-04-08

Creator: Margenau, Henry

Contributor(s): Wheeler, John A., annotator

Description: Henry Margenau was a German physicist and philosopher of physics who had previously written on the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. It seems that Hugh Everett---or rather, John Wheeler---sent Everett's thesis to Margenau and other physicists for comments. Margenau was the first to reply, and though he admits to not having looked at the work closely, he appears to approve. Margenau includes a preprint of a paper of his own to be published in the journal Philosophy of Science, and a reprint of an earlier paper from Physical Review.

Permanent Link To This Item: http://hdl.handle.net/10575/1179

Title: Henry Margenau letter to Hugh Everett, 8-April-1957

Subjects: Margenau, Henry | Everett, Hugh III | Wheeler, John A. | Correspondence | Philosophy of Science | Quantum Mechanics

Type: Archives and Manuscripts

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.

Provenance: This document was found in the basement of Mark Everett in 2007 by Mark Everett and Peter Byrne.

Publisher: University of California, Irvine Libraries. Irvine, California 92623-9557. http://www.lib.uci.edu.