Adapting to flexible response, 1960-1968 / / Walter S. Poole |
Autore | Poole Walter S. <1943-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 467 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 355.80973/09046 |
Collana | History of acquisition in the Department of Defense |
Soggetto topico |
Defense contracts - United States - History - 20th century
Weapons systems - United States - History - 20th century Nuclear weapons - United States - History - 20th century Cold War Defense contracts Armed Forces - Procurement Armed Forces - Weapons systems Nuclear weapons Weapons systems |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910717116103321 |
Poole Walter S. <1943->
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The many worlds of Hugh Everett III [[electronic resource] ] : multiple universes, mutual assured destruction, and the meltdown of a nuclear family / / Peter Byrne |
Autore | Byrne Peter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 436 p. ) : ill., ports |
Disciplina |
530.092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear physicists - United States
Quantum theory Space and time Defense contracts - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-73072-X
9786612730726 0-19-157643-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | BOOK 1: BEGINNINGS; Introduction: The Story of Q; 1. Family Origins: a Sketch; 2. Katharine: the Dark Star; 3. The Scientist as a Young Man; 4. Stranger in Paradise; BOOK 2: GAME WORLD; 5. Demigods; 6. Decisions, Decisions-the Theory of Games; 7. Origin of MAD; 8. von Neumann's Legacy; BOOK 3: QUANTUM WORLD; 9. Quantum Everett; 10. More on the Measurement Problem; 11. Collapse and Complementarity; 12. The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics; BOOK 4: EVERETT AND WHEELER; 13. Wheeler: the Radical Conservative; 14. Genesis of Many Worlds; 15. Alone in the Room; 16. Tour of Many Worlds; 17. The Battle with Copenhagen, Part I; 18. The Battle with Copenhagen, Part II; 19. The Chapel Hill Affair; BOOK 5: POSSIBLE WORLD FUTURES; 20. Preparing for World War III; 21. From Wargasm to Looking Glass; 22. Fallout; BOOK 6: CROSSROADS; 23. A Bell Jar World; 24. A Vacation in Copenhagen; BOOK 7: ASSURED DESTRUCTION; 25. Everett and Report 50; 26. Everett and the SIOP; BOOK 8: TRANSITIONS; 27. Behind Closed Doors; 28. Death's Other Kingdoms; BOOK 9: BELTWAY BANDIT; 29. Weaponeering; 30. The Bayesian Machine; 31. The Death of Lambda; BOOK 10: MANY WORLDS REBORN; 32. DeWitt to the Rescue; 33. Records in Time; 34. Austin; 35. Wheeler Recants; BOOK 11: AMERICAN TRAGEDY; 36. The Final Years; 37. Aftermath; BOOK 12: EVERETT'S LEGACY; 38. Modern Everett; 39. Everett Goes to Oxford; Epilogue: Beyond Many Worlds |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459969003321 |
Byrne Peter
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