2008.01.04

艾弗雷特的異想世界

艾弗雷特是第一位提出多重宇宙的物理學者，不過當時卻未獲重視。隨後他放棄了學術界，投入極度機密的軍事研究工作，最後度過悲慘的晚年……

(ILLUSTRATION BY SEAN MCCABE; COURTESY OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY (young Everett); COURTESY OF EUGENE SHIKHOVTSEV AND KENNETH W. FORD (adult Everett); U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY/PHOTO RESEARCHERS, INC. (mushroom cloud); COURTESY OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, NIELS BOHR LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES (handwriting))

(ILLUSTRATION BY SEAN MCCABE; COURTESY OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY (young Everett); COURTESY OF EUGENE SHIKHOVTSEV AND KENNETH W. FORD (adult Everett); U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY/PHOTO RESEARCHERS, INC. (mushroom cloud); COURTESY OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, NIELS BOHR LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES (handwriting))

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