The Ontology of Spacetime II - Couverture rigide

 
9780444532756: The Ontology of Spacetime II
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0444532757 ISBN 13 : 9780444532756
Editeur : Elsevier Science Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

The sixteen papers collected in this volume are expanded and revised versions of talks delivered at the Second International Conference on the Ontology of Spacetime, organized by the International Society for the Advanced Study of Spacetime (John Earman, President) at Concordia University (Montreal) from 9 to 11 June 2006.

Most chapters are devoted to subjects directly relating to the ontology of spacetime.

The book starts with four papers that discuss the ontological status of spacetime and the processes occurring in it from a point of view that is first of all conceptual and philosophical. The focus then slightly shifts in the five papers that follow, to considerations more directly involving technical considerations from relativity theory. After this, Time, Becoming and Change take centre stage in the next five papers. The book ends with two excursions into relatively uncharted territory: a consideration of the status of Kaluza-Klein theory, and an investigation of possible relations between the nature of spacetime and condensed matter physics, respectively.

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Éditeur
Elsevier Science Ltd
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0444532757
ISBN 13 
9780444532756
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
357
Éditeur
Dieks Dennis
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