My last toot notwithstanding, this place is only going to survive if we have enough toots about things *other* than Mastodon. Making this up: maybe we should be shooting for a ratio of 10:1 or better for non-Mastodon/Mastodon toots?
Reading Bryce DeWitt on #ManyWorlds in Physics Today, 1970. 1st popular article on the theory. #quantum #booklife http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3022331
#mastocats am I doing this right? https://octodon.social/media/0iSMrVRe3dnwy_S_iO8 https://octodon.social/media/96bt2PLL2NEyJD6Fm2U https://octodon.social/media/7_NWQiTjG0nnX0ADHdA
(All from DeWitt's paper.) #booklife #quantum
"Schizophrenia with a vengeance." DeWitt on his first reaction to #ManyWorlds. #quantum #booklife #physics https://octodon.social/media/MvlsvKF4931TVNmlmrk
Now reading replies to DeWitt's article. http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3022676
#quantum #booklife #physics
This is the book, by the way: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Holes-Time-Warps-Commonwealth/dp/0393312763
One of the best physics books out there for non-scientists, though a bit dated at this point. #booklife #physics #relativity
Thorne on disdain for general #relativity 55 years ago. Times change. #physics #booklife https://octodon.social/media/-wxjL7alJzoMqFkuA1A
@freelanceastro bill unruh made me read it when i was an undergrad.
More historical context for DeWitt's paper: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200905/physicshistory.cfm
http://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/everett/everett13_reminder.html
#quantum #booklife