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050 0 0 _aQC173.59.S65
_bF68 2012
082 0 0 _a531/.14
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245 0 0 _aFoundations of space and time :
_breflections on quantum gravity /
_cedited by Jeff Murugan, Amanda Weltman & George F.R. Ellis.
246 3 _aFoundations of Space & Time
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 437 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 0 _g1.
_tThe problem with quantum gravity /
_rJeff Murugan, Amanda Weltman & George F.R. Eliis --
_g2.
_tA dialogue on the nature of gravity /
_rT. Padmanabhan --
_g3.
_tEffective theories and modifications of gravity /
_rC.P. Burgess --
_g4.
_tThe small-scale structure of spacetime /
_rSteve Carlip --
_g5.
_tUltraviolet divergences in supersymmetric theories /
_rKellog Stelle --
_g6.
_tCosmological quantum billiards /
_rAxel Kleinschmidt & Hermann Nicolai --
_g7.
_tProgress in RNS string theory and pure spinors /
_rDimitri Polyakov --
_g8.
_tRecent trends in superstring phenomenology /
_rMassimo Bianchi --
_g9.
_tEmergent spacetime /
_rRobert de Mello Koch & Jeff Murugan --
_g10.
_tLoop quantum gravity /
_rHanno Sahlmann --
_g11.
_tLoop quantum gravity and cosmology /
_rMartin Bojowald --
_g12.
_tThe microscopic dynamics of quantum space as a group field theory /
_rDaniele Oriti --
_g13.
_tCausal dynamical triangulations and the quest for quantum gravity /
_rJ. Ambjørn, J. Jurkiewicz & R. Loll --
_g14.
_tProper time is stochastic time in 2D quantum gravity /
_rJ. Ambjorn, R. Loll, Y. Watabiki, W. Westra & S. Zohren --
_g15.
_tLogic is to the quantum as geometry is to gravity /
_rRafael Sorkin --
_g16.
_tCausal sets: discreteness without symmetry breaking /
_rJoe Henson --
_g17.
_tThe Big Bang, quantum gravity, and black-hole information loss /
_rRoger Penrose --
_g18.
_tConversations in string theory /
_rAmanda Weltman, Jeff Murugan & George F.R. Ellis.
520 _aAfter almost a century, the field of quantum gravity remains as difficult and inspiring as ever. Today, it finds itself a field divided, with two major contenders dominating: string theory, the leading exemplification of the covariant quantization program; and loop quantum gravity, the canonical scheme based on Dirac's constrained Hamiltonian quantization. However, there are now a number of other innovative schemes providing promising new avenues. Encapsulating the latest debates on this topic, this book details the different approaches to understanding the very nature of space and time. It brings together leading researchers in each of these approaches to quantum gravity to explore these competing possibilities in an open way. Its comprehensive coverage explores all the current approaches to solving the problem of quantum gravity, addressing the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, to give researchers and graduate students an up-to-date view of the field.
650 0 _aSpace and time.
650 0 _aQuantum gravity.
700 1 _aMurugan, Jeff,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aWeltman, Amanda,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aEllis, George F. R.
_q(George Francis Rayner),
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521114400
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920998
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