Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe

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PrefaceProloguePart I: Foundations 1: The Laws of Physics are the Same for Everyone 2: There's No Such Thing as the Force of Gravity 3: Why Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics 4: Mass Ain't What it Used To Be 5: How to Fudge the Equations of the UniversePart II: Formulation 6: To Get There I Wouldn't Start From Here 7: A Gift From the Devil's Grandmother 8: Our Second or Third Guess Solved the Equations Exactly 9: I Used Every Available Key Ring in Verona 10: Is There Really No Time Like the Present?Part III: Elaborations 11: Gravitons, Holographic Physics and Why Things Fall Down 12: Fermions, Emergent Particles and the Nature of Stuff 13: Relational Quantum Mechanics and Why 'Here' Might Actually be 'Over There' 14: Not With a Bang: the 'Big Bounce', Superinflation and Spinfoam Cosmology 15: Black Hole Entropy, the Information Paradox and Planck Stars 16: Close to the Edge: The Reality of Time and the Principles of the Open FutureEpilogue: A Few Questions, and Some AnswersEndnotesGlossaryBibliography