Format:
1 online resource (xx, 721 pages)
ISBN:
9780511814990
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9780521831130
Content:
This volume provides a fascinating snapshot of the future of physics, covering fundamental physics, at the frontiers of research. It comprises a wide variety of contributions from leading thinkers in the field, inspired by the pioneering work of John A. Wheeler. Quantum theory represents a unifying theme within the book, along with topics such as the nature of physical reality, the arrow of time, models of the universe, superstrings, gravitational radiation, quantum gravity and cosmic inflation. Attempts to formulate a final unification of physics are discussed, along with the existence of hidden dimensions of space, space-time singularities, hidden cosmic matter, and the strange world of quantum technology
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Part I. An overview of the contributions of John Archibald Wheeler ; John Archibald Wheeler and the clash of ides
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Part II. An historian's tribute to John Archibald Wheeler and scientific speculation throughout the ages ; The heritage of Heraclitus : John Archibald Wheeler and the itch to speculate
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Part III. Quantum reality : theory ; Why is nature described by quantum theory?
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Thought-experiments in honor of John Archibald Wheeler
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It from qubit
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The wave function : it or bit?
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Quantum Darwinism and envariance
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Using qubits to learn about "it"
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Quantum gravity as an ordinary gauge theory
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The Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics
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Part IV. Quantum reality : experiment ; Why the quantum? "It" from "bit"? A participatory universe? : three far-reaching challenges from John Archibald Wheeler and their relation to experiment
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Speakable and unspeakable, past and future
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Conceptual tensions between quantum mechanics and general relativity : are there experimental consequences?
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Breeding nonlocal Schrödinger cats : a thought-experiment to explore the quantum-classical boundary
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Quantum erasing the nature of reality : or, perhaps, the reality of nature?
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Quantum erasing the nature of reality : or, perhaps, the reality of nature?
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Quantum feedback and the quantum-classical transition
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What quantum computers may tell us about quantum mechanics
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Part V. Big questions in cosmology ; Cosmic inflation and the arrow of time
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Cosmology and immutability
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Inflation, quantum cosmology, and the anthropic principle
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Parallel universes
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Quantum theories of gravity : results and prospects
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A genuinely evolving universe
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Planck-scale models of the universe
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Implications of additional spatial dimensions for questions in cosmology
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Part VI. Emergence, life, and related topics ; Emergence : us from it
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True complexity and its associated ontology
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The three origins : cosmos, life, and mind
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Autonomous agents
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To see a world in a grain of sand
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Appendix A : Science and ultimate reality program committees ; Appendix B : Young researchers competition in honor of John Archibald Wheeler for physics graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and young faculty.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521831130
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521831130
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511814990
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