PIRSA:07080060 Quantum Gravity

Outreach: ISSYP 2007

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},
  note = {PIRSA:07080060 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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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.

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