Recent results from high-energy scattering and theoretical developments
of string theory require a change in our understanding of the basic
structure of space-time. This book is about the advancement of ideas on
the stochastic nature of space-time from the 1930s onward. In
particular, the author promotes the concept of space as a set of hazy
lumps, first introduced by Karl Menger, and constructs a novel framework
for statistical behaviour at the microlevel. The various chapters
address topics such as space-time fluctuation and random potential,
non-local fields, and the origin of stochasticity. Implications in
astro-particle physics and cosmology are also explored.
Audience: This volume will be of interest to physicists, chemists and
mathematicians involved in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology