The interpretation of quantum mechanics: Many worlds or many words?

Fortschritte der Physik

Volumn 46, Issue 6-8, 1998, Pages 855-862

  Tegmark, Max ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 0032349516     PISSN: 00158208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3978(199811)46:6/8<855::AID-PROP855>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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