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Approaches to Quantum Gravity : Toward a New Understanding of Space, Time and Matter /
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. Containin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge Univ. Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 583 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511517747 0511517742 0511514204 9780511514203 9780511575549 0511575548 1107196469 9781107196469 1282103695 9781282103696 9786612103698 6612103698 9786612104015 6612104015 0511517254 9780511517259 0511516401 9780511516405 |