H. Dieter Zeh

Heinz-Dieter Zeh (usually referred to as H. Dieter Zeh) (born 8 May 1932 in Brunswick), is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Heidelberg and theoretical physicist. He is one of the developers of the many-minds interpretation of quantum mechanics and the discoverer of decoherence, first described in his seminal 1970 paper.

Bibliography

• The Problem Of Conscious Observation In Quantum Mechanical Description (June, 2000).
• The Physical Basis of the Direction of Time, 2001, ISBN 3-540-42081-9
• Decoherence and the Appearance of a Classical World in Quantum Theory, 2003, ISBN 3-540-00390-8 (with Erich Joos, Claus Kiefer, Domenico Giulini, Joachim Kupsch, Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu)
• "On the interpretation of measurement in quantum theory", 1970, Foundations of Physics, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp.69-76

External links

• Zeh's homepage

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Name	Zeh, H. Dieter
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Short description	German physicist
Date of birth	8 May 1932
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