By Francesco Cianfrani et al
World Scientific
Hardback: £84
E-book: £63
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This book aims to present a pedagogical and self-consistent treatment of the canonical approach to quantum gravity, starting from its original formulation to the most recent developments in the field. It begins with an introduction to the formalism and concepts of general relativity, the standard cosmological model and the inflationary mechanism. After presenting the Lagrangian approach to the Einsteinian theory, the basic concepts of the canonical approach to quantum mechanics are provided, focusing on the formulations relevant for canonical quantum gravity. Different formulations are then compared, leading to a consistent picture of canonical quantum cosmology.
