Approaches to Quantum Gravity
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Approaches to Quantum Gravity

Toward a New Understanding of Space, Time and Matter

  1. 605 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Approaches to Quantum Gravity

Toward a New Understanding of Space, Time and Matter

About this book

The theory of quantum gravity promises a revolutionary new understanding of gravity and spacetime, valid from microscopic to cosmological distances. Research in this field involves an exciting blend of rigorous mathematics and bold speculations, foundational questions and technical issues. Containing contributions from leading researchers in this field, this book presents the fundamental issues involved in the construction of a quantum theory of gravity and building up a quantum picture of space and time. It introduces the most current approaches to this problem, and reviews their main achievements. Each part ends in questions and answers, in which the contributors explore the merits and problems of the various approaches. This book provides a complete overview of this field from the frontiers of theoretical physics research for graduate students and researchers.

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Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780521860451
eBook ISBN
9780511512407

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. Part I Fundamental ideas and general formalisms
  10. Part II String/M-theory
  11. Part III Loop quantum gravity and spin foam models
  12. Part IV Discrete Quantum Gravity
  13. Part V Effective models and Quantum Gravity phenomenology
  14. Index

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