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Author:   Anthony Aguirre ,  Brendan Foster ,  Zeeya Merali
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2015 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.502kg
ISBN:  

9783319130446

ISBN 10:   3319130447
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   05 February 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

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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