Questioning the foundations of physics [electronic resource] : which of our fundamental assumptions are wrong? / Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali, editors.
Aguirre, Anthony, editor.; Foster, Brendan, editor.; Merali, Zeeya, editor.
2015
QC21.3 .Q47 2015
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Title Questioning the foundations of physics [electronic resource] : which of our fundamental assumptions are wrong? / Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali, editors.
ISBN 9783319130453 electronic book
3319130455 electronic book
9783319130446 hardcover
3319130447 hardcover
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13045-3
Published Cham [Switzerland] ; Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-13045-3 doi
Call Number QC21.3 .Q47 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification 530
Summary "The essays in this book look at way in which the fundaments of physics might need to be changed in order to make progress towards a unified theory. They are based on the prize-winning essays submitted to the FQXi essay competition 'Which of Our Basic Physical Assumptions Are Wrong?', which drew over 270 entries. As Nobel Laureate physicist Philip W. Anderson realized, the key to understanding nature's reality is not anything 'magical', but the right attitude, 'the focus on asking the right questions, the willingness to try (and to discard) unconventional answers, the sensitive ear for phoniness, self-deception, bombast, and conventional but unproven assumptions.' The authors of the eighteen prize-winning essays have, where necessary, adapted their essays for the present volume so as to (a) incorporate the community feedback generated in the online discussion of the essays, (b) add new material that has come to light since their completion and (c) to ensure accessibility to a broad audience of readers with a basic grounding in physics. The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources"--Provided by publisher.
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Foster, Brendan, editor.
Merali, Zeeya, editor.
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Introduction / A. Aguirre, B. Foster, Z. Merali
The paradigm of kinematics and dynamics must yield to causal structure / R. Spekkens
Recognising top-down causation / G. Ellis
On the foundational assumptions of modern physics / B. Dribus
The preferred system of reference reloaded / I. Perez
Right about time? / S. Gryb, F. Mercati
A critical look at the standard cosmological picture / D. Janzen
Not on but of / O. Dreyer
Patterns in the fabric of nature / S. Weinstein
Is quantum linear superposition an exact principle of nature? / A. Bassi, T. Singh, H. Ulbricht
Quantum-informational principles for physics / G. D'Ariano
The universe is not a computer / K. Wharton
Against spacetime / G. Amelino-Camelia
A chicken-and-egg problem: Which came first, the quantum state or spacetime? / T. Asselmeyer-Maluga
Gravity can be neither classical nor quantized / S. Hossenfelder
Weaving commutators: beyond Fock space / M. Arzano
Reductionist doubts / J. Barbour
Rethinking the scientific enterprise: in defense of reductionism / I. Durham
Is life fundamental? / S. Walker.

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