| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 183 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Why quantize gravity? -- 2. Special relativity and electromagnetism -- 3. Some elements of general relativity -- 4. Hamiltonian mechanics including constraints and fields -- 5. Yang-Mills theories -- 6. Quantum mechanics and elements of quantum field theory -- 7. General relativity in terms of Ashtekar's new variables -- 8. Loop representation for general relativity -- 9. An application: loop quantum cosmology -- 10. Further developments -- 11. Open issues and controversies |
| Summary |
Loop quantum gravity is one of the modern contenders for a unified description of quantum mechanics and gravity. Up to now no book has covered the material at the level of a college student or of other readers with some knowledge of college level physics. This book fills that gap |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-179) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Quantum gravity.
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SCIENCE -- Waves & Wave Mechanics.
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Quantum gravity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pullin, Jorge
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| ISBN |
9780191003233 |
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0191003239 |
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1299559336 |
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9781299559332 |
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