Universe without things : physics in an intangible reality / / Jan-Markus Schwindt

• Autore: Schwindt Jan-Markus
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Germany : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 pages)
• Disciplina: 530
• Soggetto topico: Physics
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Philosophy -- 2.1 Philosophy and Language -- 2.2 World and Mind: Schrödinger's Dilemma -- 2.3 Devaluation of Philosophy -- 2.4 Wittgenstein vs. Jaspers -- 3: Mathematics -- 3.1 Sets and Structures -- 3.2 Proofs -- 3.3 Mathematics: Man-Made or Man-Independent? -- 3.4 Numbers and Spaces -- 3.5 Differential Calculus -- 4: Natural Science -- 4.1 Our Common World -- 5: Reductionism -- 5.1 Reduction by Decomposition -- 5.2 Reduction by Generalization or Unification -- 5.3 Reduction by Replacement -- 5.4 Reduction of Effective Theories -- 5.5 The Special Role of Physics -- 6: Physics -- 6.1 History and Overview -- 6.2 Physical Theories and Experiments -- The Approximate Nature of the Theories -- Physics and Metaphysics -- Beauty and Abstraction -- 6.3 Physics and Mathematics -- 7: The Pillars of Physics -- 7.1 Classical Mechanics -- Forces -- Energy -- Degrees of Freedom -- 7.2 Classical Field Theory -- Waves -- Force Fields -- 7.3 Special Theory of Relativity -- The Two Postulates of the SR -- Time Dilation -- Lorentz Transformation -- Mass and Energy -- 7.4 General Theory of Relativity -- The Curvature of Space-Time -- Einstein's Field Equations -- Cosmological Solutions -- 7.5 Statistical Mechanics -- Entropy -- The Second Law and the Direction of Time -- 7.6 Quantum Mechanics -- Wave-Particle Duality -- Chance -- Measurement Problem and Uncertainty Principle -- State Space and Schrödinger's Cat -- Entanglement -- Copenhagen Interpretation -- Many-Worlds Interpretation -- 7.7 Quantum Field Theory -- The Mathematical Problems of QFT -- QFT and GR -- 7.8 The Standard Model of Particle Physics -- The Particle Zoo -- Connection Between Standard Model and QFT -- 7.9 Cosmology -- The Universe Is Very Big -- The Universe Is Even Getting Bigger. ; The Universe Is Even Getting Bigger Faster and Faster -- 8: The Unknown -- 8.1 The Hunt for the Theory of Everything -- 8.2 Open Questions -- Smolin's List -- Further Open Questions -- 8.3 The Crisis of Physics -- Side Effects -- Books on the Crisis -- 8.4 The Multiverse -- 9: Things and Facts -- 9.1 Facts -- First Complication -- Second Complication -- Third Complication -- Fourth Complication -- The Work of the Physicist -- 9.2 Things -- 9.3 World and Reality -- 9.4 Time -- 10: The Practical Limits of Physics -- 10.1 Once Again: Scales -- 11: The Fundamental Limits of Physics -- 11.1 The Hard Problem of Consciousness -- 11.2 The Flow of Time -- 11.3 Qualia and Physicalism -- Elimination -- Functionalism -- 12: Conclusion -- 12.1 Physics and Reality -- 12.2 The Richness of Physics -- 12.3 Practical Limits and Crisis of Physics -- Literature -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Universe Without Things
• ISBN: 9783662654262
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910595025103321
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