American philosopher of physics who has developed influential accounts of quantum mechanics (emphasizing the measurement problem) and time (the Past Hypothesis as the source of time's arrow).
Quantum Mechanics and Experience: an accessible account of the measurement problem arguing that none of the standard interpretations (Copenhagen, Everett, Bohm) is fully satisfactory. Time and Chance: the arrow of time derives from the Past Hypothesis — the universe began in an extremely low-entropy state — combined with classical mechanics. After Physics: philosophical essays on the direction of time and the special role of the wave function.
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