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.
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
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Other authors / contributors:Callender, Craig, 1968-
Huggett, Nick.
ISBN:0511040652
9780511040658
9780511612909
0511612907
9780511033827
0511033826
9780511049064
0511049064
1280420987
9781280420986
052166280X
0521664454
9780521662802
9780521664455
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-356) and index.
Print version record.
Summary: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 philosophers.
Other form:Print version: Physics meets philosophy at the Planck scale. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 052166280X 0521664454
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