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

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198809115
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198809111
• Author(s): Baggott, Jim

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 of big bang cosmology. The discovery of gravitational waves at the LIGO observatory in the US (and then Virgo, in Italy) is only the most recent of this theory’s many triumphs.

The second is quantum mechanics. This theory describes the properties and behaviour of matter and radiation at their smallest scales. It is the basis for the standard model of particle physics, which builds up all the visible constituents of the universe out of collections of quarks, electrons and force-carrying particles such as photons. The discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN in Geneva is only the most recent of this theory’s many triumphs.

Table contents:

Part I: Foundations

1: The Laws of Physics are the Same for Everyone

2: There’s No Such Thing as the Force of Gravity

3: Why Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics

4: Mass Ain’t What it Used To Be

5: How to Fudge the Equations of the Universe

Part II: Formulation

6: To Get There I Wouldn’t Start From Here

7: A Gift From the Devil’s Grandmother

8: Our Second or Third Guess Solved the Equations Exactly

9: I Used Every Available Key Ring in Verona

10: Is There Really No Time Like the Present?

Part III: Elaborations

11: Gravitons, Holographic Physics and Why Things Fall Down

12: Fermions, Emergent Particles and the Nature of Stuff

13: Relational Quantum Mechanics and Why ‘Here’ Might Actually be ‘Over There’

14: Not With a Bang: the ‘Big Bounce’, Super inflation and Spin foam Cosmology

15: Black Hole Entropy, the Information Paradox and Planck Stars

16: Close to the Edge: The Reality of Time and the Principles of the Open Future

Epilogue: A Few Questions, and Some Answers

Endnotes

Glossary

Bibliography

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