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What's wrong with the Platonic ideal of space and time?
pp. 279-286
Abstrakt
To our senses, space is smooth, 3-dimensional, and flat. We move in a continuum where all points are equal (space is "homogeneous") and all directions are equal ("isotropic", or "round"). If we head off in any direction, we keep on going, with no curving back on ourselves ("flat"). In short, we seem to live in a universe governed by Euclidean geometry.
Publication details
Published in:
Wuppuluri Shyam, Ghirardi Giancarlo (2017) Space, time and the limits of human understanding. Dordrecht, Springer.
Seiten: 279-286
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44418-5_22
Referenz:
Sadun Lorenzo (2017) „What's wrong with the Platonic ideal of space and time?“, In: S. Wuppuluri & G. Ghirardi (eds.), Space, time and the limits of human understanding, Dordrecht, Springer, 279–286.