Physics meets philosophy at the Planck scale : contemporary theories in quantum gravity /
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Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (x, 365 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Quantum gravity. Gravité quantique. SCIENCE -- Physics -- Mathematical & Computational. Quantum gravity. Gravitationstheorie Philosophie Quantentheorie Kwantumgravitatie. Filosofie. MECÂNICA QUÂNTICA. Electronic books. Electronic books. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129883 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Theories of Quantum Gravity and their Philosophical Dimensions
- 2. Spacetime and the philosophical challenge of quantum gravity
- 3. Naive quantum gravity
- 4. Quantum spacetime: what do we know?
- Part II. Strings
- 5. Reflections on the fate of spacetime
- 6. A philosopher looks at string theory
- 7. Black holes, dumb holes, and entropy
- Part III. Topological Quantum Field Theory
- 8. Higher-dimensional algebra and Planck scale physics
- Part IV. Quantum Gravity and the Interpretation of General Relativity
- 9. On general covariance and best matching
- 10. Pre-Socratic quantum gravity
- 11. The origin of the spacetime metric: Bell's 'Lorentzian Pedagogy' and its significance in general relativity
- Part IV. Quantum Gravity and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
- 12. Quantum spacetime without observers: ontological clarity and the conceptual foundations of quantum gravity
- 13. On gravity's role in quantum state reduction
- 14. Why the quantum must yield to gravity