Quantum Space - Jim Baggott (Buch)

Jim Baggott

Quantum Space

Buch

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

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Oxford University Press, 11/2018
Einband: Gebunden
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-13: 9780198809111
Bestellnummer: 8825346
Umfang: 421 Seiten
Sonstiges: 30 black and white images
Gewicht: 734 g
Maße: 241 x 159 mm
Stärke: 43 mm
Erscheinungstermin: 22.11.2018

Klappentext

The greatest challenge for physics is to combine its two most successful theories: general relativity and quantum mechanics. The resulting quantum theory of gravity would explain the universe across all scales. Much has been said about the approach based on string theory. Here, Jim Baggott describes its powerful rival: Loop Quantum Gravity.

Biografie

Jim Baggott graduated in chemistry in 1978 and completed his doctorate at Oxford three years later. He was a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Reading. He left Reading to pursue a business career, where he first worked with Shell International Petroleum Company and then as an independant business consultant and trainer. He maintains a broad interest in science, philosophy, and history, and writes on all of these subjects. His previous titles include Beyond Measure (OUP, 2004) and A Beginner's Guide to Reality (Penguin, 2005).