David Deutsch

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David Deutsch is a British physicist and philosopher best known as a pioneer of quantum computation and a leading proponent of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

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awardReceived Dirac Prize
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
surface form: Royal Society fellowship
birthCountry Israel
birthDate 1953-05-18
birthPlace Haifa
birthYear 1953
citizenship United Kingdom
doctoralAdvisor Dennis Sciama
educatedAt Cambridge University NERFINISHED
Clare College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Oxford University NERFINISHED
Wolfson College, Oxford NERFINISHED
employer University of Oxford NERFINISHED
familyName German
surface form: Deutsch
fieldOfWork epistemology
philosophy of science
quantum computation
quantum information theory
quantum mechanics
genre popular science
popular science
givenName David
hasWebsite https://www.daviddeutsch.org.uk/
influenced philosophy of science discourse on explanation
quantum computing research community
influencedBy Alan Turing
Hugh Everett III
Karl Popper
Richard Feynman
isFellowOf Royal Society
knownFor Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm
advocacy of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics
books on the nature of explanation and knowledge
constructor theory
formulation of the Deutsch quantum Turing machine
foundational work in quantum computation
languageSpoken English
memberOf Centre for Quantum Computation
name David Deutsch self-link
nationality British
notableWork The Beginning of Infinity
The Fabric of Reality
occupation philosopher of science
theoretical physicist
writer
positionHeld visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin
publicationDate 1997
supportsInterpretation many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics
theoryDeveloped constructor theory
workplace Clarendon Laboratory

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