Speaker
Dr
Luigi Foschini
(INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)
Description
Time in physics is always viewed from the point of view of duration, but this interpretation causes many problems and paradoxes. I would like to explore a change of interpretation of time. By thinking time as a cut, many problems could be easily solved. Particularly, with such interpretation, quantum gravity theories based on 3+1 spacetime (e.g. Kuchar or Ellis' evolving block universe) may open unexpected and fruitful views.
References: L. Foschini, Fisica del Tempo (Bonomo, Bologna, 2018).
Primary author
Dr
Luigi Foschini
(INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera)