Effective Spacetime: Understanding Emergence in Effective Field Theory and Quantum Gravity (2016)

Contributor(s): Crowther, Karen (Author)

ISBN: 9783319395067

Publisher: Springer

Hardcover

$129.99

Pub Date: July 18, 2016

Dewey: 523.1

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.56" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 1.06 lbs) 205 pages

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Description: Introduction: Spacetime and quantum gravity.- Emergence and reduction.- Effective field theory.- Universality, higher organising principles and emergence.- Spacetime as described by EFT.- Discrete approaches to quantum gravity.- Loop quantum gravity.- Conclusion: Now here from nowhere.

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