Time in fundamental physics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2014.08.006zbMATH Open1329.70007arXiv1312.6322OpenAlexW2963481312MaRDI QIDQ905643FDOQ905643

Authors: Abhay Ashtekar 

Publication date: 27 January 2016

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The first three sections of this article contain a broad brush summary of the profound changes in the notion of time in fundamental physics that were brought about by three revolutions: the foundations of mechanics distilled by Newton in his Principia, the discovery of special relativity by Einstein and its reformulation by Minkowski, and, finally, the fusion of geometry and gravity in Einstein's general relativity. The fourth section discusses two aspects of yet another deep revision that waits in the wings as we attempt to unify general relativity with quantum physics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.6322

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitygeneral relativityNewtonian physicsspecial relativityabsolute timerelational time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Special relativity (83A05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Axiomatics, foundations (70A05)

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