| Lectures on Non-Perturbative Canonical Gravity Contributor(s): Ashtekar, Abhay (Author) |
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ISBN: 9810205732 ISBN-13: 9789810205737 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $114.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Gravity - Science | Physics - Astrophysics |
| Series: Advanced Astrophysics and Cosmology |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.45 lbs) 356 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Notes prepared in Collaboration with Ranjeet S Tate It is now generally recognized that perturbative field theoretical methods that have been highly successful in the quantum description of non-gravitational interactions cannot be used as a means of constructing a quantum theory of gravity. The primary aim of the book is to present an up- to-date account of a non-perturbative, canonical quantization program for gravity. Many of the technical results obtained in the process are of interest also to differential geometry, classical general relativity and QCD. The program as a whole was highlighted in virtually every major conference in gravitational physics over the past three years. |