Space, time, and stuff

Space, time, and stuff

by Arntzenius, Frank

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"Space, Time, and Stuff is an attempt to show that physics is geometry: that the fundamental structure of the physical world is purely geometrical structure. Along the way, he examines some non-standard views about the structure of spacetime and its inhabitants, including the idea that space and time are pointless, the idea that quantum mechanics is a completely local theory, the idea that antiparticles are just particles travelling back in time, and the idea that time has no structure whatsoev…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Space, time, and stuff / Frank Arntzenius ; with a contribution by Cian Dorr.

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"Space, Time, and Stuff is an attempt to show that physics is geometry: that the fundamental structure of the physical world is purely geometrical structure. Along the way, he examines some non-standard views about the structure of spacetime and its inhabitants, including the idea that space and time are pointless, the idea that quantum mechanics is a completely local theory, the idea that antiparticles are just particles travelling back in time, and the idea that time has no structure whatsoever. The main thrust of the book, however, is that there are good reasons to believe that spaces other than spacetime exist, and that it is the existence of these additional spaces that allows one to reduce all of physics to geometry. Philosophy, and metaphysics in particular, plays an important role here: the assumption that the fundamental laws of physics are simple in terms of the fundamental physical properties and relations is pivotal."--P. [4] of cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.
  • Edition:1st ed

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  • Description:vii, 288 p. : : ill. ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780199696604, 0199696608
  • oclc:on1226604113

Subjects

Géométrie dans la nature Geometry in nature Ontologie Ontology ontology (metaphysics) Space and time

Writers

Arntzenius, Frank Dorr, Cian Seán

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