PIRSA:07080060

Physics of the 20th Century: The Incomplete Revolution - ISSYP Keynote Session

Speziale, S. (2007). Physics of the 20th Century: The Incomplete Revolution - ISSYP Keynote Session. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/07080060

Speziale, Simone. Physics of the 20th Century: The Incomplete Revolution - ISSYP Keynote Session. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 07, 2007, https://pirsa.org/07080060 

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            url = {https://pirsa.org/07080060},
            author = {Speziale, Simone},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Physics of the 20th Century: The Incomplete Revolution - ISSYP Keynote Session},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2007},
            month = {aug},
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Simone Speziale Aix-Marseille University

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Abstract

In the first part of the talk, a brief introduction to general relativity and quantum theory is given. Their independent successes are discussed, as well as the desire and difficulty in merging them, to obtain a unique language to describe the universe. Then I focus on Loop quantum gravity, a particular approach towards this objective, in which a discrete microscopic structure of spacetime is envisaged.