The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity

by Steven French, Dean Rickles, Juha T. Saatsi

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199269696
• ISBN13: 9780199269693
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"