Skip to main content

Quantum Spacetime without Observers: Ontological Clarity and the Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Gravity

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Quantum Physics Without Quantum Philosophy

Abstract

The term “3-geometry” makes sense as well in quantum geometrodynamics as in classical theory. So does superspace. But space-time does not. Give a 3-geometry, and give its time rate of change.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 149.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Detlef Dürr .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Dürr, D., Goldstein, S., Zanghì, N. (2013). Quantum Spacetime without Observers: Ontological Clarity and the Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Gravity. In: Quantum Physics Without Quantum Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30690-7_11

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30690-7_11

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-30689-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-30690-7

  • eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics