Knots and Quantum Gravity (Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and Its Applications) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198534906 ISBN 13: 9780198534907

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1994

Synopsis

Recent work by mathematicians and physicists has uncovered revelatory connections between knot theory and the problem of developing a quantum theory of gravity. This book, the proceedings of a workshop held to bring together researchers in knot theory and quantum gravity, features a number of expository and research papers that will aid significantly in closing the gap between the two disciplines. It will serve as a guide for mathematicians and physicists seeking to understand this rapidly developing area of research. The book represents a state-of-the-art study of current research and progress. The editor is the author of Gauge Fields, Knots, and Gravity (World Scientific), a graduate level text on the topic.

About this title

About the Author

John C. Baez, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California at Riverside.

Review

`....it may be effectively used as a bridge for a researcher from one field to discover ties to another.'
Class. Quantum Grav., No. 12, 1995

`This book is, however, best treated as a reference. Because of the breadth of topics addressed and the emphasis on connections and relationships, it may be effectively used as a bridge for a researcher from one field to discover ties to another.'
Class. Quantum Grav., No. 12, 1995

`John Baez has put together an extremely interesting and timely book which brings into focus a bubbling emerging subject...The volume communicates the atmosphere of excitement and enthusiasm in the field. I heartily recommend this book to everybody working in the search for the next step [in]
our understanding of the physical world at the fundamental level.'
General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1995

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0198534906
• ISBN 13: 9780198534907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Baez John C.