Quantum gravity
By: Claus Kiefer
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: International series of monographs on physics -- 155
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9780199585205
Subjects: Quantum gravity
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.
Notes: Previous ed.: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [554]-388) and index.