Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories and Quantum Gravity by Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin ISBN: 0-521-65475-0 Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Plenty of material; conisely written
Comment: This title is no lie; readers interested in loops / knots / gauge theories *OR* quantum gravity can gain from reading this text, but to do so some skipping around is needed. On the other hand, the programme of quantum gravity associated with the Ashtekhar's ``new variables" is carefully and clearly laid down in this monograph; that is how this reviewer read the text --- straight through in search of the results associated with the new variables. The going can be tough at times in the initial sections, which outline the group of loops and holonomy theory but that strain is only temporary since readers are rewarded in their investment by a thorough practice section that casts Yang Mills theory in the space of loops before turning to QG itself. At times in discussions of ``loop quantum gravity" the question of where kinematics ends and dynamics begins can be obscure, but not so in this text. Further, where the programme is successful is spelled out clearly. However, the programme of loop quantum gravity has adjusted somewhat since publication of this text (particularly with respect to rigorous proof of the existence of the loop transform, selection of an inner product on the Hilbert space of states, and spin foams --- which are *not* overcomplete) so readers should be warned that there is more to this story. But what is presented in this text is more then enough to whet readers appetites.
In short, this text is well worth the effort for readers seeking to understand the `loop QG' programme.
 |
Title: Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell by A. Zee ISBN: 0691010196 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 10 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.50 |
 |
Title: Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime and Black Hole Thermodynamics (Chicago Lectures in Physics) by Robert M. Wald ISBN: 0226870278 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
 |
Title: Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale: Contemporary Theories in Quantum Gravity by Craig Callender, Nick Huggett ISBN: 0521664454 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
 |
Title: Three Roads to Quantum Gravity by Lee Smolin ISBN: 0465078362 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.50 |
 |
Title: General Relativity by Robert M. Wald ISBN: 0226870332 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: July, 1984 List Price(USD): $37.00 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
