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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC178 _b.R69 2004
082	0	0	_a530.14/3 _222
100	1		_aRovelli, Carlo, _d1956- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aQuantum gravity / _cCarlo Rovelli.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2004.
300			_a1 online resource (xxiii, 455 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aQuantum 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.
650		0	_aQuantum gravity.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521837330
830		0	_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511755804
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