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John Wheeler (?) handwritten note concerning Niels Bohr's response to Hugh Everett, circa May-1956

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Title: John Wheeler (?) handwritten note concerning Niels Bohr's response to Hugh Everett, circa May-1956
Creator: Wheeler, John A.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956-05
Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Special Collections
Collection: Hugh Everett III Manuscripts
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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. The authors or their heirs retain their copyrights to the material. Unless otherwise indicated, the original files were donated to the American Institute of Physics (https://history.aip.org/ead/20130435.html). For permission to publish, contact Jeffrey A. Barrett, representative for the Everett estate, j.barrett@uci.edu.
Description: Scope/Content: This handwritten note describes the essence of Niels Bohr's response to Hugh Everett's work. The problem is that Everett's theory, by incorporating observers within the formalism, is in conflict with Bohr's view on what an observer is. Peter Byrne believes the handwriting is Wheeler's.
Scope/Content: This document was found in the basement of Mark Everett in 2007 by Mark Everett and Peter Byrne.
Type: text
Identifier: ark:/81235/d8df6kh05
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/1165
Language: English
eng
Subject: Bohr, Niels H.D.
Wheeler, John A.
Quantum mechanics -- Copenhagen interpretation
Quantum measurement problem
Pure wave mechanics
Everett, Hugh III
Correspondence
Relation: Hugh Everett III Correspondence

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