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Schrödinger’s Cat

Schrödinger’s Cat. The Philosophical Implications of Parallel Universes. Fermilab. Britain and Public Television. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html. MWI. M-Theory. Time Travel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry_s2Pk1DHI. What went right. What went wrong. Lessons learned.

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Schrödinger’s Cat

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  1. Schrödinger’s Cat

  2. The Philosophical Implications of Parallel Universes

  3. Fermilab

  4. Britain and Public Television http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html

  5. MWI M-Theory

  6. Time Travel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry_s2Pk1DHI

  7. What went right

  8. What went wrong

  9. Lessons learned

  10. Bibliography • Einstein-Rosen Bridge. Photograph. Web. 3 Dec. 2009. <http://www.crownedanarchist.com/blackholes.gif>. • Flammarion Woodcut. 1888. Photograph. Wikipedia. Wikimedia. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Universum.jpg>. • Larson, Gary. "The Far Side." Comic strip. Univsersity of Colorado. Web. 4 Dec. 2009. <http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys3220/phys3220_fa08/gifs/cartoon_qu antum3.gif>. • M-Theory. Digital image. Ideonexus. Web. 2 Dec. 2009. <http://ideonexus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/m-theory.png>. • Nicomachean Ethics. 1599. Photograph. Wikipedia. Wikimedia. Web. 2 Dec. 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aristotelis_De_Moribus_ad_Nicomachum. jpg>. • Schroedinger's Cat. Digital image. Information Philosopher. Web. 14 Dec. 2009. <http://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/experiments/schrodinger scat/images/Super_cat.gif • Shombert, James. "Http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/cosmo/lectures/lec08.html." Cartoon. University of Oregon. University of Oregon. Print. • Tetravon. Photograph. Wikipedia. Wikimedia. Web. 2 Dec. 2009. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Tevatron.jpg>. • "The Elegant Universe." NOVA. PBS. PBS. PBS, Oct. 2003. Web. 15 Dec. 2009. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html>. • WMAP. Digital image. Williams University. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. <http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/Course- Pages/330/images/CMB_Timeline.jpg>.

  11. Bibliography (Continued) • Falk, Dan. Universe on a T-Shirt. New York: Arcade Publishing Inc., 2002. Print. • Hawking, Stephen. A Brief History of Time. Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 1988. Print. • Highfield, Roger. "Parallel universe proof boosts time travel hopes - Telegraph." Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph. Web. 18 Sept. 2009. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3307757/Parallel- universe-proof-boosts-time-travel-hopes.html>. • Kaku, Michio. Hyperspace: a scientific odyssey through parallel universes, time warps, and the tenth dimension. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. Print. • Kaku, Michio. Parallel Worlds: a journey through creation, higher dimensions, and the future of the cosmos. New York: Random House, 2005. • "Parallel Universes." Horizon. BBC Two. 14 Feb. 2002. Bbc.co.uk. Web. 18 Sept. 2009. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/parallelunitrans.shtml>.

  12. "The Elegant Universe." NOVA. PBS. Oct. 2003. Television. Smith, Quentin. “Quantum Cosmology's Implication of Atheism.” Secular Web: Atheism, Agnosticism, Naturalism, Skepticism and Secularism. Web. 05 Oct. 2009. <http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/quentin_smith/quantum.html>. Viadman, Lev. "Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 05 Oct. 2009. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds/#3.1>.

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