Everett

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During his visit to Mary Malone and Oliver Payne at their Dark Matter Research Unit, Oxford University, Sir Charles Latrom alludes to a scientist, identified only as Everett, who in 1957 proposed a many-worlds hypothesis.

The 1957 Princeton doctoral thesis of Hugh Everett is considered the original formulation of the many-worlds theory of quantum physics. Very, very basically, it is much the same as Lord Asriel’s description to Lyra of possibility-collapses and worlds springing into being (NL 377/GC 377): the world splits into as many co-existing worlds, oblivious to one another’s existence, as are required to accommodate all viable possibilities.

See also Barnard-Stokes heresy, Other worlds

External Links:

"Physics' Best Kept Secret" by Tim Folger in the September 2001 issue of "Discover" magazine

"The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: a brief description for the lay reader, some philosophical considerations, and links to more rigorous treatments" by Douglas Jones.

For those with a background in physics: "A Many-Worlds Product Paradigm for Quantum Inertia and Quantum Gravity" William D. Eshleman