Three roads to quantum gravity /
Lee Smolin.
- New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, c2001.
- viii, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Science masters .
- Science masters series. .
Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-226) and index.
Prologue: The quest for quantum gravity -- PART I: POINTS OF DEPARTURE: There is nothing outside the universe -- In the future we shall know more -- Many observers, not many worlds -- The universe is made of processes, not things -- PART II: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED: Black holes and hidden regions -- Acceleration and heat -- Black holes are hot -- Area and information -- How to count space -- Knots, links, and kinks -- The sound of space is a string -- PART III: THE PRESENT FRONTIERS: The holographic principle -- How to weave a string -- What chooses the laws of nature? -- Epilogue: A possible future.