Quantum Gravity and Computation

Information, Pregeometry, and Digital Physics
Herausgeber: Rickles, Dean; Elshatlawy, Hatem; Arsiwalla, Xerxes D.

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume argues that concepts from the theory of computation might provide novel paths towards a solution to the problem of quantum gravity. By combining elements of physics with computer science and mathematics, the volume proposes to transform the foundations of spacetime physics and bring it into the digital age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 633g
• ISBN-13: 9781032900940
• ISBN-10: 1032900946
• Artikelnr.: 74778783

Autorenporträt

Dean Rickles is Professor of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics at the University of Sydney, where he is also Co-Director of the University's interdisciplinary Centre of Time. Recent books include Dual-Aspect Monism and the Deep Structure of Meaning (co-authored with Harald Atmanspacher; Routledge 2022); and Life is Short (2022). Xerxes D. Arsiwalla is a Mathematical Physics Fellow at the Wolfram Institute for Computational Foundations of Science, working on quantum foundations, pregeometry, higher category theory, formal language, and consciousness. He is an Academic Director of Physics Programs at Wolfram Research USA and a Co-Founder of the Association for Mathematical Consciousness Science (AMCS). Hatem Elshatlawy is an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of theoretical physics, computation, and philosophy. Formerly a Research Consultant at Wolfram Research, he has contributed to developments in observer theory, multi-computation, and metamathematics. His interests include constructivist foundations of physics, physics of computation, and the computation of physics.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Scene Setting 1. Open Questions at the Quantum Frontier Part 2:
Locality, Non-locality, Observers, and Agents 2. Spacetime Events from the
Inside Out 3. On the Role of Locality in the Bose-Marletto-Vedral Effect 4.
Towards a Generalized Theory of Observers Part 3: Computational Languages
for Physics 5. Topological QBits in Flux-Quantized Super-Gravity 6. Linear
Homotopy Type Theory: A Computational Language for Quantum Physics 7.
Pregeometry, Formal Language and Constructivist Foundations of Physics 8.
Quantum Information Elements in Quantum Gravity States and Processes Part
4: Conceptual Issues for Computational Foundations 9. Do Simples Exist? The
Light Shed by Computation on an Ancient Question 10. On the Nature of Time
11. The Prototime Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics 12. Ruliology:
Linking Computation, Observers and Physical Law Part 5: Lattice and Hybrid
Theories 13. Nonperturbative Quantum Gravity, Unlocked Through Computation
14. Structure and Statistical Properties of the Semiclassical Einstein
Equations