The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics — Season 1, Episode 1: Why Suppose There's More Than One World?

Episode synopsis

Fasten your seat belts and take off into the realm of multiple, maybe even infinite, worlds. Professor Carroll explains how quantum mechanics predicts the existence of a large number of universes parallel to our own. This far-out theory is one of the leading contenders for a rigorous formulation of quantum mechanics. Trace the history of, and motivation for, this idea.

About The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics

One universe is not enough. Learn about the Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics in this exciting course taught by a renowned expert, Sean Carroll.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2The Classical Physics World That Never Was
• E3Quantum Worlds Start With Waves and Particles
• E4A Wave Function to Describe Particles
• E5Copenhagen Says the Wave Function Collapses
• E6Is the Wave Function Real?
• E7Uncertainty in Action With Spin and Qubits
• E8Quantum Entanglement and Action at a Distance
• E9Entanglement Leads to Many Worlds
• E10Decoherence Explains Branching Worlds
• E11How Entanglement Powers Quantum Computers
• E12Too Many Worlds! Five Objections Answered
• E13Testing the Many-Worlds Interpretation