Physics meets philosophy at the Planck scale : contemporary theories in quantum gravity /
Collects classic and original contributions from leading experts to discuss one of the greatest challenges in fundamental physics: how quantum mechanics and general relativity can be reconciled in a theory of 'quantum gravity'. A key topic of debate and collaboration between physicists and...
| Други автори: | Callender, Craig, 1968-, Huggett, Nick. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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Print version::
Physics meets philosophy at the Planck scale. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction /
- Craig Callender and Nick Huggett
- Part 1
- Theories of quantum gravity and their philosophical dimensions
- Spacetime and the philosophical challenge of quantum gravity /
- Jeremy Butterfield and Christopher Isham
- Naive quantum gravity /
- Stephen Weinstein
- Quantum spacetime : What do we know? /
- Carlo Rovelli
- Part II
- Strings
- Reflections on the fate of spacetime /
- Edward Witten
- A philosopher looks at string theory /
- Robert Weingard
- Black holes, dumb holes, and entropy /
- William G. Unruh
- Part III -Topological quantum field theory
- Higher-dimensional algebra and Planck scale physics /
- John C. Baez
- Part IV
- Quantum gravity and the interpretation of general relativity
- On general covariance and best matching /
- Julien B. Barbour
- Pre-Socratic quantum gravity /
- Gorbon Belot and John Earman
- The origin of the spacetime metric : Bell's 'Lorentzian pedagogy' and its significance in general relativity /
- Harvey R. Brown and Oliver Pooley
- Part V
- Quantum gravity and the interpretation of quantum mechanics
- Quantum spacetime without observers : Onto logical clarity and the conceptual foundations of quantum gravity /
- Sheldon Goldstein and Stefan Teufel
- On gravity's role in quantum state reduction /
- Roger Penrose
- Why the quantum must yield to gravity /
- Joy Christian.