The Emergence of Spacetime in String Theory

ISBN-13: 9781032177922 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 156 str.

Tiziana Vistarini

Opis

The nature of space and time is one of the most fascinating and fundamental philosophical issues which presently engages at the deepest level with physics. This book considers the way string theory shapes its own account of spacetime disappearance from the fundamental level.

Spis treści

Introduction

1. Spacetime Emergence and Metaphysical Explanation in Fundamental Physics

2. Strings in a Nutshell

3. General Relatavistic Spacetime Emergence

4. T-duality and Emergence

5. Holographic Duality and Emergence

6. String Theory's Background Independence Explained through the Theory's Moduli Space

7. Spacetime Emergence via Non Commutative Quatum String Theory

O autorze

Tiziana Vistarini is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Rome, "Roma Tre", Philosophy Department.