Professor Nick Huggett will explain the idea that space and time might be ‘emergent’ from a non-spatiotemporal physics. He will describe examples from string theory and non-commutative geometry to argue that ‘position’ is not fundamental, and how it can be derived. He will use this discussion to explain how evidence of experiments in space might lead us to doubt whether space is a fundamental ingredient of the physical world.

You can read more about Professor Nick Huggett on his web profile page.