From one of the world's most distinguished scientists, the first popular book to present the controversial and exciting ideas behind quantum gravity. The Holy Grail of modern physics is a theory of the universe that unites two seemingly opposing pillars of modern science: Einstein's theory of general relativity, which deals with large-scale phenomena (planets, solar systems a...(展开全部)

From one of the world's most distinguished scientists, the first popular book to present the controversial and exciting ideas behind quantum gravity. The Holy Grail of modern physics is a theory of the universe that unites two seemingly opposing pillars of modern science: Einstein's theory of general relativity, which deals with large-scale phenomena (planets, solar systems a...(展开全部)

作者：Lee Smolin是安达略省滑铁卢Perimeter理论物理研究所的研究人员，滑铁卢大学的助理教授。他拥有罕布什尔学院的学士学位和哈佛大学博士学位，曾任教于耶鲁、锡拉丘兹大学和宾州州立大学。除了在量子引力方面的工作，他还对基本粒子物理、宇宙学和基础量子力学有兴趣。他在1997年出版《宇宙的生命》（牛津大学出版社）一书中探讨了当今物理学和宇宙学发展的哲学内涵。

作者：Lee Smolin是安达略省滑铁卢Perimeter理论物理研究所的研究人员，滑铁卢大学的助理教授。他拥有罕布什尔学院的学士学位和哈佛大学博士学位，曾任教于耶鲁、锡拉丘兹大学和宾州州立大学。除了在量子引力方面的工作，他还对基本粒子物理、宇宙学和基础量子力学有兴趣。他在1997年出版《宇宙的生命》（牛津大学出版社）一书中探讨了当今物理学和宇宙学发展的哲学内涵。

Quantum gravity is perhaps the most important open problem in fundamental physics. It is the problem of merging quantum mechanics and general relativity, the two great conceptual revolutions in the physics of the twentieth century. The loop and spinfoam approach, presented in this 2004 book, is one of the leading research programs in the field. The first part of the book discus...(展开全部)

Quantum gravity poses the problem of merging quantum mechanics and general relativity, the two great conceptual revolutions in the physics of the twentieth century. The loop and spinfoam approach, presented in this book, is one of the leading research programs in the field. The first part of the book discusses the reformulation of the basis of classical and quantum Hamiltonian ...(展开全部)

Quantum gravity is perhaps the most important open problem in fundamental physics. It is the problem of merging quantum mechanics and general relativity, the two great conceptual revolutions in the physics of the twentieth century. The loop and spinfoam approach, presented in this 2004 book, is one of the leading research programs in the field. The first part of the book discus...(展开全部)

Quantum gravity poses the problem of merging quantum mechanics and general relativity, the two great conceptual revolutions in the physics of the twentieth century. The loop and spinfoam approach, presented in this book, is one of the leading research programs in the field. The first part of the book discusses the reformulation of the basis of classical and quantum Hamiltonian ...(展开全部)

Roads to Santiago is an evocative travelogue through the sights, sounds, and smells of a little known Spain-its architecture, art, history, landscapes, villages, and people. And as much as it is the story of his travels, it is an elegant and detailed chronicle of Cees Nooteboom's thirty-five-year love affair with his adopted second country. He presents a world not visible to th...(展开全部)

賽斯‧諾特博姆（Cees Nooteboom，1933—） 一九三三年生於海牙，目前居住在荷蘭阿姆斯特丹及米諾卡島。身兼詩人、小說家、旅遊作家。他於一九五六年出版第一本詩集至今仍寫作不輟。著作包括《儀式》（Rituals，1980）、《接下來的故事》（The Following Story，1991）、《西班牙星光之路》（Roads to Santiago，1992）、《萬靈節》（All Souls’Day，1998）、《狐狸在夜晚到來：短篇故事集》（The Foxes Come at Night，2009）……。 曾獲一九八二年美國「飛馬文學獎」（Pegasus Prize for Literature）；一九九二年獲頒為紀念荷蘭詩人康士坦丁所設立的終身成就獎「康士坦丁‧亨浩思文學獎」（Constantijn-Huygens Prize）；一九九三...(展开全部)