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The ideas of Kant, Heisenberg, and this author are considered in parallel in William Egginton’s book The Rigor of Angels. A character created by this author is irritated that the “dog of three-fourteen” “seen in profile” and the “dog of three-fifteen, seen frontally” are indicated by the same noun. This author may have anticipated (10[1])the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics via a story in which a prisoner telegraphs the location of an artillery park by (10[1])shooting a man. This author wrote a story about a boy who is unable to generalize after falling from a horse and gaining perfect memory. In a story by this author, the German spy Yu Tsun learns that his ancestor’s unfinished novel and labyrinth are one and the same. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of “Funes the Memorious” and “The Garden of Forking Paths.” ■END■

ANSWER: Jorge Luis Borges (“BOR-hess”)
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