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Scale Relativity and Fractal Space-Time: A New Approach to Unifying Relativity and Quantum Mechanics - Hardcover

Laurent Nottale

 
9781848166509: Scale Relativity and Fractal Space-Time: A New Approach to Unifying Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1848166508 ISBN 13: 9781848166509
Publisher: Imperial College Press, 2011

Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art in the development of the theory of scale relativity and fractal space-time. It suggests an original solution to the disunified nature of the classical-quantum transition in physical systems, enabling quantum mechanics to be based on the principle of relativity provided this principle is extended to scale transformations of the reference system. In the framework of such a newly-generalized relativity theory (including position, orientation, motion and now scale transformations), the fundamental laws of physics may be given a general form that goes beyond and integrates the classical and the quantum regimes. A related concern of this book is the geometry of space-time, which is described as being fractal and nondifferentiable. It collects and organizes theoretical developments and applications in many fields, including physics, mathematics, astrophysics, cosmology and life sciences.

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This book provides a comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art in the development of the theory of scale relativity and fractal space-time. It suggests an original solution to the disunified nature of the classical-quantum transition in physical systems, enabling quantum mechanics to be based on the principle of relativity provided this principle is extended to scale transformations of the reference system. In the framework of such a newly-generalized relativity theory (including position, orientation, motion and now scale transformations), the fundamental laws of physics may be given a general form that goes beyond and integrates the classical and the quantum regimes. A related concern of this book is the geometry of space-time, which is described as being fractal and nondifferentiable. It collects and organizes theoretical developments and applications in many fields, including physics, mathematics, astrophysics, cosmology and life sciences.

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Publisher
Imperial College Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1848166508
ISBN 13 
9781848166509
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
764