The Quantum Universe: Essays on Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Cosmology and Physics in General
James B. Hartle · 2020
Computability and physical theories / R. Geroch and J.B. Hartle -- Excess baggage -- Sources of predictability -- The no-boundary wave function of the universe -- Scientific knowledge from the perspective of quantum cosmology -- The physics of 'now' -- The quantum mechanics of closed systems -- The spacetime approach to quantum mechanics -- Quantum physics and human language -- Quantum pasts and the utility of history -- The quasiclassical realms of this quantum universe -- Living in a superposition -- The quantum mechanical arrows of time -- Why our universe is comprehensible -- Quantum cosmology : problems for the 21st century -- Anthropic reasoning and quantum cosmology -- Are we typical? / J.B. Hartle and M. Srednicki -- Science in a very large universe / M. Srednicki and J.B. Hartle -- The observer strikes back / J.B. Hartle and T. Hertog -- Quantum multiverses -- Quantum mechanics at the Planck scale -- The state of the universe -- The impact of cosmology on quantum mechanics -- Murray Gell-Mann : a short appreciation -- Working with Stephen Hawking