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100 1 $aSmolin, Lee,$d1955-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96063966
245 10 $aThree roads to quantum gravity /$cLee Smolin.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bBasic Books,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $aviii, 232 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aScience masters
500 $aOriginally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-226) and index.
505 00 $tPrologue: The quest for quantum gravity --$gPt. I.$tPoints of departure.$g1.$tThere is nothing outside the universe.$g2.$tIn the future we shall know more.$g3.$tMany observers, not many worlds.$g4.$tThe universe is made of processes, not things --$gPt. II.$tWhat we have learned.$g5.$tBlack holes and hidden regions.$g6.$tAcceleration and heat.$g7.$tBlack holes are not.$g8.$tArea and information.$g9.$tHow to count space.$g10.$tKnots, links and kinks.$g11.$tThe sound of space is a string --$gPt. III.$tThe present frontiers.$g12.$tThe holographic principle.$g13.$tHow to weave a string.$g14.$tWhat chooses the laws of nature?$tEpilogue: A possible future.
520 1 $a"It is a search for a view of the universe that unites two seemingly opposed pillars of modern science: Einstein's theory of general relativity, which deals with large scale phenomena like planets, solar systems and galaxies, and quantum theory, which deals with the world of the very small - molecules, atoms and electrons.
520 8 $aIn the last few years, physicists have made big steps toward their goal of a completely new theory of space, time and the universe, a "theory of everything." In Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, Lee Smolin, who has spent his career at the forefront of these new discoveries, presents the main ideas behind the new developments that have brought a quantum theory of gravity in sight. He explains in simple terms what scientists are talking about when they say the world is made from exotic entities such as loops, strings and black holes.
520 8 $aAs he does so, he tells the stories behind these discoveries: the rivalries, epiphanies and intrigues he witnessed first hand."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aQuantum gravity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85109463
830 0 $aScience masters.
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