QUANTUM GRAVITY.
Edition: 2ND ED.
Series: INTERNATIONAL SERIES OF MONOGRAPHS ON PHYSICS; 136. SER: OXFORD SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS
Publisher: CLARENDON/OXFORD; Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: Apr 19, 2007
Place of publication: OXFORD
Language: und
Number of pages: 376
Description: The search for a quantum theory of the gravitational field is one of the great open problems in theoretical physics. This book presents a self-contained discussion of the concepts, methods and applications that can be expected in such a theory, unifying quantum theory with Einstein's theory of general relativity.