On Space And Time

by Edited by Shahn Majid , With contributions by Alain Connes , Michael Heller , Roger Penrose , John Polkinghorne , Andrew Taylor

• ISBN13: 9780521889261
• ISBN10: 052188926X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-20
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

What is the true nature of space and time? These concepts are at the heart of science, but they remain deeply wrapped in mystery. Both house their structure at the smallest pre-subatomic and the largest cosmological levels continues to defy modern physics and may require revolutionary new ideas for which science is still grasping. This unique volume brings together world leaders in cosmology, particle physics, quantum gravity, mathematics, philosophy and theology, to provide fresh insights into the deep structure of space and time. Andrew Taylor, Shahn Majid, Roger Penrose, Alain Connes, Michael Heller, and John Polkinghorne all experts in their respective fields, explain their theories in this outstanding compiled text.

Table of Contents

About the authors	p. viii
Preface	p. xi
The dark Universe	p. 1
Quantum spacetime and physical reality	p. 56
Causality, quantum theory and cosmology	p. 141
On the fine structure of spacetime	p. 196
Where physics meets metaphysics	p. 238
The nature of time	p. 278
Index	p. 284
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