| Description |
1 online resource (x, 365 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-356) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Quantum gravity.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Mathematical & Computational.
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Quantum gravity
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Gravitationstheorie
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Philosophie
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Quantentheorie
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Kwantumgravitatie.
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Filosofie.
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MECÂNICA QUÂNTICA.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Callender, Craig, 1968-
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Huggett, Nick
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| ISBN |
0511040652 |
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9780511040658 |
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9780511612909 |
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0511612907 |
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9780511033827 |
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0511033826 |
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9780511049064 |
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0511049064 |
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1280420987 |
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9781280420986 |
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