TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gambini,Rodolfo
AU  - Pullin,Jorge
TI  - A first course in loop quantum gravity
SN  - 9780199590759
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford ; New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Quantum gravity
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index; . 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
ER  -