Beyond the Dynamical Universe: Unifying Block Universe Physics and Time as Experienced

ISBN-13: 9780198807087 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 448 str.

Michael Silberstein; W. M. Stuckey; Timothy McDevitt

Opis

A novel approach to the unresolved issues of theoretical physics and the philosophy/foundations of physics.

Recenzje

The book is an original and far-reaching attempt to bridge the gap between the physical image of time, presupposing a static view of a universe given in block, and our dynamical experience of passage, based on our perception of events coming into being in succession. To the extent that the essential task of philosophy is to achieve a unified view of the physical universe and of our place in it, this book is an absolute must for scientists and laypeople alike. You simply cannot put it down.

O autorze

Michael David Silberstein is Professor of Philosophy at Elizabethtown College and Affiliated Faculty in the philosophy department at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he is also a faculty member in the Foundations of Physics Program and a Fellow on the Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences. He is an NEH Fellow. His primary research interests are foundations of physics and foundations of cognitive science, respectively. He is also interested in how these branches of philosophy and science bear on more general questions of reduction, emergence and explanation. Mark Stuckey is a professor of physics at Elizabethtown College where he teaches an array of physics courses to include general relativity and quantum mechanics. He has published in the areas of relativistic cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, quantum gravity, and foundations of physics. Timothy McDevitt is a professor of mathematics at Elizabethtown College where he teaches a variety of math courses. His research is highly interdisciplinary and he has published in applied mechanics, numerical analysis, physics, education, and medicine.