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| List of contributors | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Editors' preface | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Pt. I | An overview of the contributions of John Archibald Wheeler | |
| 1 | John Archibald Wheeler and the clash of ideas | 3 |
| Pt. II | An historian's tribute to John Archibald Wheeler and scientific speculation through the ages | |
| 2 | The heritage of Heraclitus : John Archibald Wheeler and the itch to speculate | 27 |
| Pt. III | Quantum reality : theory | |
| 3 | Why is nature described by quantum theory? | 45 |
| 4 | Thought-experiments in honor of John Archibald Wheeler | 72 |
| 5 | It from qubit | 90 |
| 6 | The wave function : it or bit? | 103 |
| 7 | Quantum Darwinism and envariance | 121 |
| 8 | Using qubits to learn about "it" | 138 |
| 9 | Quantum gravity as an ordinary gauge theory | 153 |
| 10 | The Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics | 167 |
| Pt. IV | Quantum reality : experiment | |
| 11 | Why the quantum? "It" from "bit"? A participatory universe? : three far-reaching challenges from John Archibald Wheeler and their relation to experiment | 201 |
| 12 | Speakable and unspeakable, past and future | 221 |
| 13 | Conceptual tensions between quantum mechanics and general relativity : are there experimental consequences? | 254 |
| 14 | Breeding nonlocal Schrodinger cats : a thought-experiment to explore the quantum-classical boundary | 280 |
| 15 | Quantum erasing the nature of reality : or, perhaps, the reality of nature? | 306 |
| 16 | Quantum feedback and the quantum-classical transition | 329 |
| 17 | What quantum computers may tell us about quantum mechanics | 345 |
| Pt. V | Big questions in cosmology | |
| 18 | Cosmic inflation and the arrow of time | 363 |
| 19 | Cosmology and immutability | 402 |
| 20 | Inflation, quantum cosmology, and the anthropic principle | 426 |
| 21 | Parallel universes | 459 |
| 22 | Quantum theories of gravity : results and prospects | 492 |
| 23 | A genuinely evolving universe | 528 |
| 24 | Planck-scale models of the universe | 550 |
| 25 | Implications of additional spatial dimensions for questions in cosmology | 564 |
| Pt. VI | Emergence, life, and related topics | |
| 26 | Emergence : us from it | 577 |
| 27 | True complexity and its associated ontology | 607 |
| 28 | The three origins : cosmos, life, and mind | 637 |
| 29 | Autonomous agents | 654 |
| 30 | To see a world in a grain of sand | 667 |
| App. A | Science and ultimate reality program committees | 691 |
| App. B | Young researchers competition in honor of John Archibald Wheeler for physics graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and young faculty | 694 |
| Index | 697 |
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David Dominguez
reviewed Science and Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology and Complexity on January 25, 2019
Science and Ultimate Reality
Superb
A superb introduction to interference and entanglement as the key feature in quantum physics. Especially entanglement. And also a look at the quantum classical boundary if there is one - which includes a discussion of 'measurement' and of Everett's astonishing hypothesis of macro superpositions. The author clearly has deep expertise and experience along with a superb ability to explain things as simply as possible. No math! An unfortunate publishing rule it would seem. Just a little would have improved the exposition even more. Or maybe not. Lots of historical contexts and insight. A few personal ideas. Just excellent.
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