Some mathematical, epistemological, and historical reflections on the relationship between geometry and reality, space-time theory and the geometrization of theoretical physics, from Riemann to Weyl and beyond

DOI10.1007/S10699-018-9550-6zbMATH Open1428.00009OpenAlexW2801913445WikidataQ129953365 ScholiaQ129953365MaRDI QIDQ2289683FDOQ2289683

Authors: Luciano Boi 

Publication date: 24 January 2020

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-018-9550-6

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zbMATH Keywords

geometrystringsunificationgeometrizationspacereality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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