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What's wrong with the Platonic ideal of space and time?

Lorenzo Sadun

pp. 279-286

Abstract

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.

Pages: 279-286

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44418-5_22

Full citation:

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.