Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 272 pages
- Published by: Westview Press
- Edition: 1st Edition July 15, 2002
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0813340381
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0813340388
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 14.1 ounces
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Feynman Lectures On Gravitation (Frontiers in Physics) (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful book which shows how a classical field theory like General Relativity can be derived from a quantum field theory. It also points out the extreme difficulty of accomplishing this in the case of gravity and ending up with a consistent, anomaly free theory. Readers of this book will benefit from familiarity with both quantum field theory and relativity as well as a certain amount of mathematical sophistication. Don't be fooled by the similarity of title to other "Feynman Lectures on..." because this book is based on an upper level graduate physics course and assumes the background of a typical PhD student in physics. Deep, complex and difficult going but well worth the effort to see the elegance of the connection between General Relativity and QFT.
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