01107nam a2200205 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020001800079020001500097040000800112100002100120245007900141260005600220300003500276504006500311505048700376650002000863700001800883vtls000064423KUKTEM20251125093609.0121003t2011    enka   f      001 0 eng d  a9780199590759  a0199590753  aUMP1 aGambini, Rodolfo12aA first course in loop quantum gravity /cRodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin  aOxford ; New York :bOxford University Press,c2011  aviii, 183 p. :bill. ;c26 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index0 a. Why quantize gravity? -- 2. Special relativity and electromagnetism -- 3. Some elements of general relativity -- 4. Hamiltonian mechanics including constraints and fields -- 5. Yang-Mills theories -- 6. Quantum mechanics and elements of quantum field theory -- 7. General relativity in terms of Ashtekar’s new variables -- 8. Loop representation for general relativity -- 9. An application: loop quantum cosmology -- 10. Further developments -- 11. Open issues and controversies 0aQuantum gravity1 aPullin, Jorge