Dean Rickles / Steven French / Juha T. Saatsi (eds.)

The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity

Herausgeber: Rickles, Dean; Saatsi, Juha T; French, Steven

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is spacetime? General relativity and quantum field theory answer this question in very different ways. This collection of essays by physicists and philosophers looks at the problem of uniting these two most fundamental theories of our world, focusing on the nature of space and time within this new quantum framework, and the kind of metaphysical picture suggested by recent developments in physics and mathematics. This is a book that will inspire further philosophical reflection on recent advances in modern physics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 164mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780199269693
• ISBN-10: 0199269696
• Artikelnr.: 21980507

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: D. P. Rickles and S. R. D. French: Quantum Gravity Meets
Structuralism: Interweaving Relations in the Foundations of Physics
* 2: T. Y. Cao: Structural Realism and Quantum Gravity
* 3: J. Stachel: Structure, Individuality, and Quantum Gravity
* 4: O. Pooley: Points, Particles, and Structural Realism
* 5: M. Dorato and M. Pauri: Holism and Structuralism in Classical and
Quantum GR
* 6: D. P. Rickles: Time and Structure in Canonical Gravity
* 7: L. Smolin: The Case for Background Independence
* 8: J. C. Baez: Quantum Quandaries: A Category-Theoretic Perspective