TY - BOOK ID - 207707 TI - The Universe of Fluctuations : The Architecture of Spacetime and the Universe PY - 2005 SN - 1280312793 9786610312795 1402037864 1402037856 9048169658 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Space and time. KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Cosmology. KW - Fluctuations (Physics) KW - Astronomy KW - Deism KW - Metaphysics KW - Variations (Physics) KW - Stochastic processes KW - Space of more than three dimensions KW - Space-time KW - Space-time continuum KW - Space-times KW - Spacetime KW - Time and space KW - Fourth dimension KW - Infinite KW - Philosophy KW - Space sciences KW - Time KW - Beginning KW - Hyperspace KW - Gravitation KW - Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics KW - Space and time KW - Astronomy. KW - Quantum theory. KW - Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. KW - Quantum Physics. KW - Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. KW - Quantum dynamics KW - Quantum mechanics KW - Quantum physics KW - Physics KW - Mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Astrophysics. KW - Quantum physics. KW - Gravitation. KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Matter KW - Antigravity KW - Centrifugal force KW - Astronomical physics KW - Cosmic physics KW - Properties UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:207707 AB - The failure of all attempts to unify gravitation with other fundamental interactions has lead to an abandonment of point particles and differentiable spacetime of General Relativity and Quantum Theory, including Quantum Field Theory. While Quantum Superstrings (or M-Theory) and other Quantum Gravity approaches work with a lattice like structure or extended objects, several unanswered questions remain. The book describes another approach in which oscillators at the Planck scale from a background Quantum Vacuum are fundamental. We describe how this leads to the formation of the elementary partic ER -