Hot Spacetime (Queen and Philosophy)

In Jared Kemling (ed.), Queen and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind. Pop Culture and Philosophy. pp. 149-158. Translated by Randall E. Auxier (2022)
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we will observe how May’s background in astrophysics influenced Queen's lyrics, such as 'Don't Stop Me Now' or 'Dead on Time'. Our goal is to see how physical and philosophical concepts of matter and time intersect with the common understanding of such phenomena, and how they differ from them. Second, we will focus on usually not that well-known song ‘39, which shows the entire point of the special theory of relativity through a prism of storytelling. Concepts of space and time will be analyzed from both absolute and relative perspectives, connecting them to historical theories of space and time.

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Kristina Šekrst
University of Zagreb

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