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Deutsch, David. The Fabric of Reality: The Science
of Parallel Universes: And its Implication. London: Penguin Books, 1997.
A non-technical account of the quantum theory of parallel universes, and its
connections with the theories of computation, evolution and knowledge. An unusual
approach to the questions of reality in physics. The four main strands of explanation
involved in this synthesis are quantum physics, the theories of evolution, computation,
and knowledge. These strands may seem unrelated, yet this book shows that they
are so closely intertwined that we cannot properly understand any one of them
without reference to the other three. Considered in isolation, each of them
has explanatory gaps which have inhibited people from accepting them as being
literally true. But considered jointly, they reveal a unified fabric of reality
that is objective and comprehensible, and in which human actions and ideas play
essential roles. The most profound of the four strands is quantum theory, which
contains our most fundamental knowledge of the physical world. Taken literally,
it implies that there are many universes 'parallel' to the one we see around
us, and that they are detectable through the astonishing phenomenon of quantum
interference. The multiplicity of universes turns out to be the key to the unification
of the four strands. For example, both the growth of scientific knowledge and
the evolution of biological adaptations are best understood as multi-universe
phenomena: normally, universes tend to become less alike with time, and the
only two known processes capable of making them more alike are biological evolution
and human thought.
Grib, A. A., W. A. Rodriguez. Nonlocality in Quantum
Physics. New York: Cluwer/Plenum, 1999.
Different treatments of reality in Quantum Mechanics. In particular, an approach
to UR in quantum logic.
Healy, Richard. ed. Quantum Measurement: Beyond Paradox. University of Minnesota, 1999.
Selleri, Franco, Alwyn Van Der Merwe. Quantum Paradoxes and Physical Reality. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academy Publishers, 1990.