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Quantum gravity

By Carlo Rovelli

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780521715966, 0521715962
LCC
QC178 .R69 2008
Open Library ID
OL10437159M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3147206 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Pages
347\347
Library
kolxoz
DPI
600
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Quantum gravity poses the problem of merging quantum mechanics and general relativity, the two great conceptual revolutions in the physics of the twentieth century. The loop and spinfoam approach, presented in this book, is one of the leading research programs in the field. The first part of the book discusses the reformulation of the basis of classical and quantum Hamiltonian physics required by general relativity. The second part covers the basic technical research directions. Appendices include a detailed history of the subject of quantum gravity, hard-to-find mathematical material, and a discussion of some philosophical issues raised by the subject. This fascinating text is ideal for graduate students entering the field, as well as researchers already working in quantum gravity. It will also appeal to philosophers and other scholars interested in the nature of space and time.

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