Three roads to quantum gravity /

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Autor principal: Smolin, Lee, 1955-
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, [2002]
Colección:Science masters
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Acceso en línea:Información biográfica
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  • Prologue: The quest for quantum gravity
  • Pt. 1. Points of departure. There is nothing outside the universe
  • In the future we shall know more
  • Many observers, not many worlds
  • The universe is made of processes, not things
  • Pt. 2. What we have learned. Black holes and hidden regions
  • Acceleration and heat
  • Black holes are hot
  • Area and information
  • How to count space
  • Knots, links and kinks
  • The sound of space is a string
  • Pt. 3. The present frontiers. The holographic principle
  • How to weave a string
  • What chooses the laws of nature?
  • Epilogue: A possible future.