"Forget time"
| dc.creator | Rovelli, Carlo | |
| dc.date | 2009-03-23 | |
| dc.date | 2009-03-27 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:56:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:56:56Z | |
| dc.description | Following a line of research that I have developed for several years, I argue that the best strategy for understanding quantum gravity is to build a picture of the physical world where the notion of time plays no role. I summarize here this point of view, explaining why I think that in a fundamental description of nature we must "forget time", and how this can be done in the classical and in the quantum theory. The idea is to develop a formalism that treats dependent and independent variables on the same footing. In short, I propose to interpret mechanics as a theory of relations between variables, rather than the theory of the evolution of variables in time. | |
| dc.description | 'First Community Prize' of the FQXi 'The Nature of Time' Essay Contest | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3832 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3832 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/224753 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | "Forget time" | |
| dc.type | text |