文档介绍：EVENT-SYMMETRIC SPACE-TIME 1
Event-Symmetric Space-Time
By Philip Gibbs
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How much can physics explain? "Event-Symmetric Space-Time" presents a
startlingly integrated world view from the forefront of physics. So often we read
about the new quantum paradigm which has replaced the old mechanistic philosophy
of physics, but seldom do we find "what the paradigm is" spelt out so inctly.
"The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." (Muriel Rukeyser) This is the
storyteller's point of view. Through a literal interpretation of those words we
transcend causality and determinism to see the quantum multiverse as a whole.
Throughout this book, the author returns to the principle of event symmetry -- in
particle physics, in cosmology, in superstring theory, in epistemology. Coupled to
the storyteller's paradigm this new idea of philosophy and physics dares to free us
from the constraints of our intuition, to reveal natures truths. We are in the midst
of a revolution in our understanding of physics and the universe. This new
interpretation of superstring theory is slowly helping to bring physicists' long
search for the holy grail of knowledge to fruition.
At the debut of the twentieth century Einstein revealed how the laws of nature
are independent of any co-ordinate system. According to general relativity, no
matter how a reference frame of space-time is turned, pulled and stretched, the
laws of physics remain the same because gravity keeps track of the changes.
Einstein's only restriction was that he did not allow space-time to tear. You cannot
cut out two pieces of space-time and swap them over expecting the forces of
nature pensate, or can you? Research attempting to form a theory of
quantum gravity suggests that space-time can tear and reconnect in ways which
change