Three roads to quantum gravity
Lee Smolin.
New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, [2002]
viii, 245 págs. : ilustraciones ; 24 cm.
Serie: Science masters
ISBN: 0465078362 (pbk.), 9780465078363 (pbk.) :
"With a new postscript by the author"—Cover.
Postscript (p. [212]-225) dated March 3, 2002.
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
Incluye índice.
Bibliografía: (p. [235]-240).
Contenido
- 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.
