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090			_aQC 178 .S64 2001
100	1		_aSmolin, Lee, _d1955-
245	1	0	_aThree roads to quantum gravity / _cLee Smolin.
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bBasic Books, _cc2001.
300			_aviii, 232 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aScience masters
500			_aOriginally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-226) and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: 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.
650		0	_aQuantum gravity.
650		0	_aGravit ��?�quantique.
830		0	_aScience masters series.
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