Tiziana Vistarini is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Rome, "Roma Tre", Philosophy Department.

• Introduction1. Spacetime Emergence and Metaphysical Explanation in Fundamental Physics2. Strings in a Nutshell3. General Relatavistic Spacetime Emergence4. T-duality and Emergence5. Holographic Duality and Emergence6. String Theory's Background Independence Explained through the Theory's Moduli Space7. Spacetime Emergence via Non Commutative Quatum String Theory

"Libraries supporting schools with active theoretical physics and philosophy of science departments will want this text on their shelves, as there are no comparable works. Summing Up: Recommended." – CHOICE"This book presents a snapshot of an interesting research program in progress. The case studies isolate philosophically relevant features of string theory, and I found them informative and thought-provoking. I would recommend it to any philosopher of physics with an interest in current philosophical debates about quantum theories of gravity." – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews