Beyond Spacetime: The Foundations of Quantum Gravity - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 110847702X ISBN 13: 9781108477024

Verlag: CAMBRIDGE, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

A collection of essays on the philosophy and foundations of quantum gravity by leading philosophers and physicists in the field.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Nick Huggett is LAS Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He has worked in the field of the philosophy of quantum gravity for over twenty years. He is co-editor of Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale (Cambridge, 2001) and is Co-Director of the 'Beyond Spacetime' research project, funded by NSF, Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi), John Templeton Foundation, and American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).

Keizo Matsubara is an Affiliated Researcher at Uppsala University. His philosophical work primarily addresses string theory. He has held postdoctoral positions at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at Western University, and the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Christian Wüthrich is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Genève. He works in philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, and metaphysics. Starting with his doctoral research, the primary focus of his research has long been the philosophy of quantum gravity. He is Co-Director of the 'Beyond Spacetime' research project, funded by NSF, Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi), John Templeton Foundation, and American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CAMBRIDGE
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 110847702X
• ISBN 13: 9781108477024
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 450
• Herausgeber: Huggett Nick, Matsubara Keizo, Wuthrich Christian
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italien