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ORAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL "USPEKHI FIZICHESKIKH NAUK"

Quantum measurements, the phenomenon of life, and time arrow: three great problems of physics (in Ginzburg's terminology) and their interrelation

M. B. Menskii

P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: Relations existing among “the three great problems” of physics (as enumerated by Ginzburg) — interpretation of quantum mechanics, the time arrow, and reductionism (reducing the phenomenon of life to physics) — are discussed and shown to substantially depend on how the first of them is solved, i.е., which interpretation of quantum mechanics is adopted. The Copenhagen interpretation, the Everett ('many-words') interpretation, and Extended Everett Concept proposed by the author are considered.

PACS: 01.10.Fv, 01.70.+w, 03.65.Ta, 03.65.Yz

Received: December 11, 2006

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0177.200704j.0415

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2007, 50:4, 397–407

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