Beyond Space And Time

2004/01/26 by Ruediger Vaas
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.pop-ph #gr-qc #hep-th

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published as Bild.Wiss. 12 (2003) 50-56 · 7 pages, English translation by Amitabha Sen of the German article "Jenseits von Raum und Zeit" by Ruediger Vaas, published in bild der wissenschaft (2003), no. 12, pp. 50-56

arxiv created 2004/01/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

The secret network of the universe: How quantum geometry might complete Einstein's dream. - An informal introduction to quantum geometry (loop quantum gravity), spin networks, quantum black holes, and the work of Abhay Ashtekar, Carlo Rovelli, Lee Smolin and others.

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