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Quantum theory and geography
Author(s) -
Biggs Robin A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290120515
Subject(s) - fluvial , einstein , theoretical physics , gravitational field , gravitation , field (mathematics) , basis (linear algebra) , universe , physics , epistemology , classical mechanics , philosophy , geology , mathematics , geomorphology , astrophysics , geometry , pure mathematics , structural basin
The application of Newtonian physics to complex fluvial and atmospheric processes is suggested to be inadequate. In the 1970s a number of exciting cosmological theories were developed which formed the basis for models of the early expansion of the Universe. Since these models derive from Einstein's ten gravitational field equations (rather than Newton's single equation) they possess a deep subtlety and may well be of interest to geographers in the explanation of fundamental patterns.