--- title: "4 Hugh Everett III Quotes - Famous Mathematician" description: "US physicist and discoverer of the relative-state interpretation of quantum mechanics... | Hugh Everett III was an American physicist who proposed the r..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/hugh-everett-iii-67678_given_someone-once-noted-that-hugh-everett-sho_385704.jpg" --- # Hugh Everett III (1930–1982) Mathematician **4** quotes in **57** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Hugh Everett III was a mathematician. ## Quick Facts About Hugh Everett III Born November 11, 1930 Died July 19, 1982 Profession Mathematician ## About Hugh Everett III US physicist and discoverer of the relative-state interpretation of quantum mechanics... \| Hugh Everett III was an American physicist who proposed the relative state interpretation of quantum mechanics. This influential approach later became the basis of the many-worlds interpretation (MWI). Everett's theory dropped the wave function collapse postulate of quantum measurement theory, incor ## Quotes by Hugh Everett III > [Someone once noted that Hugh Everett should have been declared a "national resource," and given all the time and resources he needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-everett-iii/someone-once-noted-that-hugh-everett-should-have-been-declared-a/) Hugh Everett III [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/hugh-everett-iii-67678_given_someone-once-noted-that-hugh-everett-sho_385704.jpg) > [ \[The Many-worlds interpretation is the\] only completely coherent approach to explaining both the contents of quantum mechanics and the appearance of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-everett-iii/the-many-worlds-interpretation-is-the-only-completely-coherent/) Hugh Everett III [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/hugh-everett-iii-67678_appearance_the-many-worlds-interpretation-is-the-on_776379.jpg) > [If you want to get an interesting perspective do not think of Hugh as a traditional 20th century physicist but more of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-everett-iii/if-you-want-to-get-an-interesting-perspective-do-not-think-of-hugh-as/) Hugh Everett III [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef2/hugh-everett-iii-67678_20th-century_if-you-want-to-get-an-interesting-perspe_1685434.jpg) > [As an analogy one can imagine an intelligent amoeba with a good memory. As time progresses the amoeba is constantly splitting, each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-everett-iii/as-an-analogy-one-can-imagine-an-intelligent-amoeba-with-a-good/) Hugh Everett III [Amoeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amoeba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/hugh-everett-iii-67678_amoeba_as-an-analogy-one-can-imagine-an-intelli_2478838.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-everett-iii/#itemlist", "name": "Hugh Everett III Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Someone once noted that Hugh Everett should have been declared a \"national resource,\" and given all the time and resources he needed to develop new theories.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hugh Everett III" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-everett-iii/someone-once-noted-that-hugh-everett-should-have-been-declared-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/hugh-everett-iii-67678_given_someone-once-noted-that-hugh-everett-sho_385704.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/hugh-everett-iii-67678_given_someone-once-noted-that-hugh-everett-sho_385704.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/hugh-everett-iii-67678_given_someone-once-noted-that-hugh-everett-sho_385704.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Someone once noted that Hugh Everett should have been declared a \"national resource,\" and given all the time…” — Hugh Everett III", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[The Many-worlds interpretation is the] only completely coherent approach to explaining both the contents of quantum mechanics and the appearance of the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hugh Everett III" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-everett-iii/the-many-worlds-interpretation-is-the-only-completely-coherent/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/hugh-everett-iii-67678_appearance_the-many-worlds-interpretation-is-the-on_776379.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/hugh-everett-iii-67678_appearance_the-many-worlds-interpretation-is-the-on_776379.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/hugh-everett-iii-67678_appearance_the-many-worlds-interpretation-is-the-on_776379.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[The Many-worlds interpretation is the] only completely coherent approach to explaining both the contents of…” — Hugh Everett III", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you want to get an interesting perspective do not think of Hugh as a traditional 20th century physicist but more of a Renaissance man with interests and skills in many different areas. 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