Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe

by Jim Baggott

Book Overview

Combining clear discussions of both quantum theory and general relativity, this book offers one of the first efforts to explain the new quantum theory of space and time.

Today we are blessed with two extraordinarily successful theories of physics. The first is Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which describes the large-scale behaviour of matter in a curved spacetime. This theory is the basis for the standard model...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198809123
• ISBN13: 9780198809128
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"