The Landscape of Theoretical Physics: A Global View : From Point Particles to the Brane World and Beyond in Search of a Unifying Principle

M. Pavsic

ISBN 10: 140200351X / ISBN 13: 9781402003516

Edité par Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands, 2001

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Today many important directions of research are being pursued more or less independently of each other. These are, for instance, strings and mem branes, induced gravity, embedding of spacetime into a higher dimensional space, the brane world scenario, the quantum theory in curved spaces, Fock Schwinger proper time formalism, parametrized relativistic quantum the ory, quantum gravity, wormholes and the problem of 'time machines', spin and supersymmetry, geometric calculus based on Clifford algebra, various interpretations of quantum mechanics including the Everett interpretation, and the recent important approach known as 'decoherence'. A big problem, as I see it, is that various people thoroughly investigate their narrow field without being aware of certain very close relations to other fields of research. What we need now is not only to see the trees but also the forest. In the present book I intend to do just that: to carry out a first approximation to a synthesis of the related fundamental theories of physics. I sincerely hope that such a book will be useful to physicists. From a certain viewpoint the book could be considered as a course in the oretical physics in which the foundations of all those relevant fundamental theories and concepts are attempted to be thoroughly reviewed. Unsolved problems and paradoxes are pointed out. I show that most of those ap proaches have a common basis in the theory of unconstrained membranes. The very interesting and important concept of membrane space, the tensor calculus in and functional transformations in are discussed.

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• Titre: The Landscape of Theoretical Physics: A Global View : From Point Particles to the Brane World and Beyond in Search of a Unifying Principle
• Éditeur: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 140200351X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781402003516
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 235 L x 155 H x 22 P (en millimètres) 235 millimètres de largeur par 155 millimètres de hauteur par 22 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 598 grammes

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This book attempts to provide a synthetic view of fundamental theoretical physics. It describes the ingredients which may have to be used in order to build a theory which will unify general relativity, quantum field theory, and the known fundamental interactions. The books written so far have either considered a specialized topic in much detail, or they were too superficial and general. This book unites both approaches: it provides enough detail to start with, but does not go too far in developing a particular special field. Instead it turns to another special field and then shows how different fields are interrelated in a fascinating way. Many surprising new findings are revealed. Audience: This book will be of interest to those who would like to explore how the `Theory of Everything' could possibly be formulated. It will be of interest to researchers and students. A background in general relativity and quantum mechanics is recommended. The introductory sections, and especially Part IV: Beyond the Horizon, need no such background knowledge. They are intended for the reader who is interested in the conceptual and even philosophical questions.