Three Roads to Quantum Gravity
| Author | Lee Smolin |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
Publication date | June 5, 2001 |
| Pages | 196 |
| ISBN | 0-465-07835-4 |
Three Roads to Quantum Gravity is a 2001 book by theoretical physicist Lee Smolin. He discusses three potential approaches by which a unified theory of quantum gravity, arguably the foremost issue in theoretical physics, may be realized. Approaches discussed include string theory, M-theory, and Smolin's preferred approach, loop quantum gravity. Smolin suggests that these approaches may be approximations of a single, underlying theory.
See also
- Background independence
- Quantum mechanics
- Quantum gravity
- Loop quantum gravity
- M-theory
- String theory
- Topos theory
References
- Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, 2001, Lee Smolin, ISBN 0-465-07835-4