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| '''Geometrodynamics''' is a now abandoned domain of ]. Important during the 1960s, its aim was to provide theoretical basis for an ontological reduction of all of physical phenomena |
'''Geometrodynamics''' is a now abandoned domain of ]. Important during the ], its aim was to provide theoretical basis for an ] reduction of all of physical ] — such as ], ], and later even ] — to the geometrical properties of a (curved) ]. As such, it is a prolongation of ]'s project of a ]. | ||
| Aiming at a systematic identification of matter with space, ''geometrodynamics'' has often been said to be an extension of the philosophy of nature as conceived by ] and ]. The geometrodynamics program, however, failed to explain some important physical phenomena, such as the existence of ] or |
Aiming at a systematic identification of ] with ], ''geometrodynamics'' has often been said to be an extension of the ] as conceived by ] and ]. The geometrodynamics program, however, failed to explain some important physical phenomena, such as the existence of ] or ]. | ||
| ], the initiator of the program, abandoned it in the early 1970s. | ], the initiator of the program, abandoned it in the early ]. | ||
| ⚫ | ] | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| ⚫ | * {{Book reference | Author=Butterfield, Jeremey | Title=The Arguments of Time | Publisher=Oxford: Oxford University Press | Year=1999 | ID=ISBN 0-197-26207-4}} | ||
| ⚫ | * {{Book reference | Author=Ciufolini, Ignazio & Wheeler, John Archibald | Title=Gravitation and Inertia | Publisher=Princeton: Princeton University Press | Year=1995 | ID=ISBN 0-691-03323-4}} | ||
| ⚫ | * {{Book reference | Author=Prastaro, Augustino | Title=Geometrodynamics: Proceedings, 1985 | Publisher=Philadelphia: World Scientific | Year=1985 | ID=ISBN 9-971-97863-6}} | ||
| ⚫ | * {{Book reference | Author=Misner, Charles W; Thorne, Kip S. & Wheeler, John Archibald | Title=Gravitation | Publisher=San Francisco: W. H. Freeman | Year=1973 | ID=ISBN 0-7167-0334-0}} | ||
| ⚫ | * {{Book reference | Author=Wheeler, John Archibald | Title=Geometrodynamics | Publisher=New York: Academic Press | Year=1963 | ID=LLCN 62013645}} | ||
| ⚫ | ] | ||
| ⚫ | {{Book reference | Author=Butterfield, Jeremey | Title=The Arguments of Time | Publisher=Oxford: Oxford University Press | Year=1999 | ID=ISBN 0-197-26207-4}} | ||
| ⚫ | {{Book reference | Author=Ciufolini, Ignazio & Wheeler, John Archibald | Title=Gravitation and Inertia | Publisher=Princeton: Princeton University Press | Year=1995 | ID=ISBN 0-691-03323-4}} | ||
| ⚫ | {{Book reference | Author=Prastaro, Augustino | Title=Geometrodynamics: Proceedings, 1985 | Publisher=Philadelphia: World Scientific | Year=1985 | ID=ISBN 9-971-97863-6}} | ||
| ⚫ | {{Book reference | Author=Misner, Charles W; Thorne, Kip S. & Wheeler, John Archibald | Title=Gravitation | Publisher=San Francisco: W. H. Freeman | Year=1973 | ID=ISBN 0-7167-0334-0}} | ||
| ⚫ | {{Book reference | Author=Wheeler, John Archibald | Title=Geometrodynamics | Publisher=New York: Academic Press | Year=1963 | ID=LLCN 62013645}} | ||
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Geometrodynamics is a now abandoned domain of theoretical physics. Important during the 1960s, its aim was to provide theoretical basis for an ontological reduction of all of physical phenomena — such as gravitation, electromagnetism, and later even quantum mechanics — to the geometrical properties of a (curved) space-time. As such, it is a prolongation of Albert Einstein's project of a unified field theory.
Aiming at a systematic identification of matter with space, geometrodynamics has often been said to be an extension of the philosophy of nature as conceived by Descartes and Spinoza. The geometrodynamics program, however, failed to explain some important physical phenomena, such as the existence of fermions or gravitational singularities.
John Archibald Wheeler, the initiator of the program, abandoned it in the early 1970s.
References
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