Nick Huggett is LAS Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He has worked in the field of the philosophy of quantum gravity for over twenty years. He is co-editor of Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale (Cambridge, 2001) and is Co-Director of the 'Beyond Spacetime' research project, funded by NSF, Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi), John Templeton Foundation, and American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).
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Télécharger le livre : Out of Nowhere
Nick Huggett , Christian Wüthrich
Out of Nowhere
The two fundamental pillars of physics for over 100 years have been quantum theory and general relativity, but their unification at short distances remains elusive, both technically and conceptually. This work is a philosophical investigation of the second kind of...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 2025-06-17

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Télécharger le livre : Philosophy Beyond Spacetime
Nick Huggett , Baptiste Le Bihan , Christian Wüthrich
Philosophy Beyond Spacetime
Quantum gravity seeks a unified theory in which quantum matter is dynamically related to generally relativistic spacetime. Although a continuing work in progress, research programmes in the field such as string theory, loop quantum gravity, and causal set theory make it...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2021-08-26

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Télécharger le livre : Philosophy Beyond Spacetime
Nick Huggett , Baptiste Le Bihan , Christian Wüthrich
Philosophy Beyond Spacetime
Quantum gravity seeks a unified theory in which quantum matter is dynamically related to generally relativistic spacetime. Although a continuing work in progress, research programmes in the field such as string theory, loop quantum gravity, and causal set theory make it...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2021-08-26

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Télécharger le livre : Everywhere and Everywhen
Nick Huggett
Everywhere and Everywhen
Why does time pass and space does not? Are there just three dimensions? What is a quantum particle? Nick Huggett shows that philosophy -- armed with a power to analyze fundamental concepts and their relationship to the human experience -- has much to say about these...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2010-02-03

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