Beyond Spacetime - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Spacetime write by Nick Huggett. This book was released on 2020-05-14. Beyond Spacetime available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A collection of essays discussing the philosophy and foundations of quantum gravity. Written by leading philosophers and physicists in the field, chapters cover the important conceptual questions in the search for a quantum theory of gravity, and the current state of understanding among philosophers and physicists.
Philosophy Beyond Spacetime
Philosophy Beyond Spacetime - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philosophy Beyond Spacetime write by Christian Wüthrich. This book was released on 2021. Philosophy Beyond Spacetime available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Quantum gravity seeks a unified theory in which quantum matter is dynamically related to generally relativistic spacetime. Although a continuing work in progress, research programmes in the field such as string theory, loop quantum gravity, and causal set theory make it clear that a successful theory of quantum gravity will raise important challenges to our conceptions of space, time, and matter-perhaps abolishing them altogether as fundamental entities. But just as important, there is good reason to think that some of the problems in finding a theory of quantum gravity are themselves conceptual, in need of philosophical analysis. Philosophy Beyond Spacetime: Implications from Quantum Gravity assembles original papers from philosophers (and one physicist), establishing a definitive statement of the current state of play, on which future research into this area can build. Aiming to expand knowledge and understanding of the philosophy of quantum gravity, it emphasizes how debates in metaphysics--regarding emergence, composition, or grounding for example--shed light on the conceptual questions of quantum gravity. And conversely, how quantum theories of space and time call into question philosophical views grounded in classical spacetime. Furthermore, the philosophy of quantum gravity raises methodological questions, for instance concerning the relation between physics and metaphysics. The essays have been chosen to demonstrate to a wide range of philosophers the significance of the subject, as well as making novel contributions to it.
Space-time and Beyond
Space-time and Beyond - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Space-time and Beyond write by Bob Toben. This book was released on 1983. Space-time and Beyond available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Beyond the Dynamical Universe
Beyond the Dynamical Universe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond the Dynamical Universe write by Michael Silberstein. This book was released on 2018-02-02. Beyond the Dynamical Universe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Theoretical physics and foundations of physics have not made much progress in the last few decades. Whether we are talking about unifying general relativity and quantum field theory (quantum gravity), explaining so-called dark energy and dark matter (cosmology), or the interpretation and implications of quantum mechanics and relativity, there is no consensus in sight. In addition, both enterprises are deeply puzzled about various facets of time including above all, time as experienced. The authors argue that, across the board, this impasse is the result of the "dynamical universe paradigm," the idea that reality is fundamentally made up of physical entities that evolve in time from some initial state according to dynamical laws. Thus, in the dynamical universe, the initial conditions plus the dynamical laws explain everything else going exclusively forward in time. In cosmology, for example, the initial conditions reside in the Big Bang and the dynamical law is supplied by general relativity. Accordingly, the present state of the universe is explained exclusively by its past. This book offers a completely new paradigm (called Relational Blockworld), whereby the past, present and future co-determine each other via "adynamical global constraints," such as the least action principle. Accordingly, the future is just as important for explaining the present as is the past. Most of the book is devoted to showing how Relational Blockworld resolves many of the current conundrums of both theoretical physics and foundations of physics, including the mystery of time as experienced and how that experience relates to the block universe.
Ripples in Spacetime
Ripples in Spacetime - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ripples in Spacetime write by Govert Schilling. This book was released on 2017-07-31. Ripples in Spacetime available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A spacetime appetizer -- Relatively speaking -- Einstein on trial -- Wave talk and bar fights -- The lives of stars -- Clockwork precision -- Laser quest -- The path to perfection -- Creation stories -- Cold case -- Gotcha -- Black magic -- Nanoscience -- Follow-up questions -- Space invaders -- Surf's up for Einstein wave astronomy
