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Three Roads to Quantum Gravity

Three Roads to Quantum Gravity

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作者: Lee Smolin

出版社: Basic Books

出版时间: 2002-06

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780465078363

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 245页

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>工程技术

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The Holy Grail of modern physics is a theory of the universethat unites two seemingly opposing pillars of modern science:Einstein's theory of general relativity, which deals withlarge-scale phenomena (planets, solar systems and galaxies), andquantum theory, which deals with the world of the very small(molecules, atoms, electrons). In Three Roads to Quantum Gravity,Lee Smolin provides the first concise and accessible overview ofcurrent attempts to reconcile these two theories in a final "theoryof everything. " This is the closest anyone has ever come todevising a completely new theory of space, time and the universe toreplace the Newtonian ideas that were the foundation of all scienceuntil the beginning of the twentieth century. Lee Smolin, who hasspent his career at the forefront of these new discoveries,presents for the first time the main ideas behind the newdevelopments that have brought a quantum theory of gravity insight. He explains in simple terms what scientists are talkingabout when they say the world is made from exotic entities such asloops, strings, and black holes. As he does so, he tells thefascinating stories behind these discoveries: the rivalries,epiphanies, and intrigues he witnessed firsthand. Science MastersSeries Lee Smolin, author of The Life of the Cosmos, is Professor ofPhysics at the Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry atPennsylvania State University and a leading contributor to thesearch for a unification of quantum theory, cosmology. andrelativity. He lives in London. Acknowledgments

Prologue: The quest for quantum gravity

Part I Points of departure

1  There is nothing outside the universe

2  In the future we shall know more

3  Many observers, not many worlds

4  The universeis made of processes, not things

Part II What we have learned

5  Black holes and hidden regions

6  Acceleration and heat

7  Black holes are hot

8  Area and information

9  Howto count space

10 Knots, links and kinks

11 The sound of space is a string

Part III The present frontiers

12 The holographic principle

13 How to weave a string

14 What chooses the laws of nature?

Epilogue: A possible future

Postscript

Glossary

Suggestions for further reading

Index
内容简介:
The Holy Grail of modern physics is a theory of the universethat unites two seemingly opposing pillars of modern science:Einstein's theory of general relativity, which deals withlarge-scale phenomena (planets, solar systems and galaxies), andquantum theory, which deals with the world of the very small(molecules, atoms, electrons). In Three Roads to Quantum Gravity,Lee Smolin provides the first concise and accessible overview ofcurrent attempts to reconcile these two theories in a final "theoryof everything. " This is the closest anyone has ever come todevising a completely new theory of space, time and the universe toreplace the Newtonian ideas that were the foundation of all scienceuntil the beginning of the twentieth century. Lee Smolin, who hasspent his career at the forefront of these new discoveries,presents for the first time the main ideas behind the newdevelopments that have brought a quantum theory of gravity insight. He explains in simple terms what scientists are talkingabout when they say the world is made from exotic entities such asloops, strings, and black holes. As he does so, he tells thefascinating stories behind these discoveries: the rivalries,epiphanies, and intrigues he witnessed firsthand. Science MastersSeries
作者简介:
Lee Smolin, author of The Life of the Cosmos, is Professor ofPhysics at the Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry atPennsylvania State University and a leading contributor to thesearch for a unification of quantum theory, cosmology. andrelativity. He lives in London.
目录:
Acknowledgments

Prologue: The quest for quantum gravity

Part I Points of departure

1  There is nothing outside the universe

2  In the future we shall know more

3  Many observers, not many worlds

4  The universeis made of processes, not things

Part II What we have learned

5  Black holes and hidden regions

6  Acceleration and heat

7  Black holes are hot

8  Area and information

9  Howto count space

10 Knots, links and kinks

11 The sound of space is a string

Part III The present frontiers

12 The holographic principle

13 How to weave a string

14 What chooses the laws of nature?

Epilogue: A possible future

Postscript

Glossary

Suggestions for further reading

Index

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