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Quantum Gravity

Quantum Gravity( )
Author: Rovelli, Carlo
Series title:Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-511-75580-4
Publication Date:Jul 2010
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Digital (delivered electronically)
List Price:AUD $270.00
Book Description:

Focusing on the conceptual and foundational issues raised by quantum gravity, in particular the nature of space and time, this 2004 book presents the loop and spinfoam approach. Aimed at graduate students entering the field, as well as established researchers, it will also be of interest to philosophers of science.

Author Biography
Rovelli, Carlo (Author)
Carlo Rovelli was born on May 3, 1956 in Verona, Italy. He graduated from the University of Bologna (B.S. and M.S. in Physics) and the University of Padova (PhD in Physics).

His postdoctoral positions included University of Rome, Trieste, and Yale University. He is head of the quantum gravity group at the Aix-Marseille University, Centre de Physique Theorique and is an affiliated Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the University of Pittsburgh.

His recent books include Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (2016), a New York Times bestseller, and The Order of Time (2018).

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