Quantum Gravity
ISBN: 9780511263798
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge University Press
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Subjects: Science: Physics; Science;

Quantum gravity is perhaps the most important open problem in fundamental physics. It is 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 2004 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.

Carlo Rovelli was born on May 3, 1956 in Verona, Italy. He graduated from the University of Bologna (B.S. and M.S. in Physics) and the University of Padova (PhD in Physics).

His postdoctoral positions included University of Rome, Trieste, and Yale University. He is head of the quantum gravity group at the Aix-Marseille University, Centre de Physique Theorique and is an affiliated Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the University of Pittsburgh.

His recent books include Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (2016), a New York Times bestseller, and The Order of Time (2018).

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