Physics meets philosophy at the Planck scale : contemporary theories in quantum gravity / edited by Craig Callender, Nick Huggett.

Other author Callender, Craig, 1968-
Other author Huggett, Nick.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Descriptionx, 365 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects
Quantum gravity.

Contents Introduction / Craig Callender and Nick Huggett -- Part 1 - Theories of quantum gravity and their philosophical dimensions -- Spacetime and the philosophical challange 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-356) and index.
LCCN 00050775
ISBN052166280X (hardback)
ISBN0521664454 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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