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The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics

11h 56m 32s
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One universe is not enough. Learn about the Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics in this exciting course taught by a renowned expert.

Taught by Professor Sean Carroll of Johns Hopkins University, this course explores the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics, which proposes that there are a limitless number of universes caused by the branching of different realities at the quantum level. These universes include countless versions of ourselves living out different futures. Consider the pros and cons of this bold theory.

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Sean Carroll

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Sean Carroll is a US theoretical physicist (Johns Hopkins University, formerly Caltech) and one of the most prolific science communicators working today. He is the host of the long-running Mindscape podcast and the author of Something Deeply Hidden, The Big Picture, and a multi-volume textbook series on modern physics.

His CourseFlix listing carries The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics — a structured walkthrough of the modern interpretations of quantum mechanics (particularly the Many-Worlds interpretation Sean is associated with) at a level aimed at intelligent non-specialists.

Material is paid and aimed at general adult learners interested in physics. The course sits in the broader Math & Statistics catalog on CourseFlix.

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Wondrium (formerly The Great Courses Plus and originally The Great Courses) is a US online education platform that has been publishing university-level video lecture series since 1990. The platform's distinctive contribution is the depth and production quality of its courses — each is taught by a tenured university professor with the production values of a documentary series, not a YouTube tutorial.

The catalog covers academic disciplines rather than technical-skill training: history, philosophy, science, mathematics, literature, music theory, religion, economics. Material is taught by faculty from Stanford, Yale, Princeton, the University of Chicago, MIT, and similar institutions. Wondrium is typically used by intellectually-curious adult learners filling in the liberal-arts side of their education.

The CourseFlix listing under this source carries over 19 Wondrium / Great Courses titles spanning that range — sitting in the broader CourseFlix catalog as general-interest reference rather than as a software-engineering track. Material is paid; Wondrium itself runs on a monthly / annual subscription on the original platform.

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#1: Why suppose there's more than one world?
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Why suppose there's more than one world? Demo
32:01
2
The classical physical world that never was
30:51
3
Quantum worlds start with waves and particles
29:12
4
A wave function to describe particles
26:32
5
Copenhagen says the wave function collapses
27:54
6
Is the wave function real?
31:01
7
Uncertainly in action with pin and qubits
28:44
8
Quantum entaglement and action at a distance
33:14
9
Entaglement leads to many worldsDecoherence explains branching worlds
30:41
10
Decoherence explains branching worlds
30:29
11
How entaglement powers quantum computers
31:17
12
Too many worlds@ Five objections answered
30:47
13
Testing the many-worlds interpretation
28:23
14
Where does probability come from?
31:40
15
Quashing worlds with wave function collapse
27:51
16
Blocking worlds with hidden wave variables
29:34
17
Mind before matter in quantum theory
28:35
18
The quantum emergence of the world we see
30:33
19
The challenge of quantum gravity
32:39
20
Space emerges from entaglement
30:17
21
The quantum emergence of time
28:07
22
Free will, determinism, and many-worlds
28:19
23
What happens to ethics under many-worlds?
26:32
24
A future renaissance for quantum mechanics
31:19
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24 lessons · 11h 56m 32s
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  1. 1 Why suppose there's more than one world? 32:01
  2. 2 The classical physical world that never was 30:51
  3. 3 Quantum worlds start with waves and particles 29:12
  4. 4 A wave function to describe particles 26:32
  5. 5 Copenhagen says the wave function collapses 27:54
  6. 6 Is the wave function real? 31:01
  7. 7 Uncertainly in action with pin and qubits 28:44
  8. 8 Quantum entaglement and action at a distance 33:14
  9. 9 Entaglement leads to many worldsDecoherence explains branching worlds 30:41
  10. 10 Decoherence explains branching worlds 30:29
  11. 11 How entaglement powers quantum computers 31:17
  12. 12 Too many worlds@ Five objections answered 30:47
  13. 13 Testing the many-worlds interpretation 28:23
  14. 14 Where does probability come from? 31:40
  15. 15 Quashing worlds with wave function collapse 27:51
  16. 16 Blocking worlds with hidden wave variables 29:34
  17. 17 Mind before matter in quantum theory 28:35
  18. 18 The quantum emergence of the world we see 30:33
  19. 19 The challenge of quantum gravity 32:39
  20. 20 Space emerges from entaglement 30:17
  21. 21 The quantum emergence of time 28:07
  22. 22 Free will, determinism, and many-worlds 28:19
  23. 23 What happens to ethics under many-worlds? 26:32
  24. 24 A future renaissance for quantum mechanics 31:19

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