Preface
Prologue
Part I: Foundations
1: The Laws of Physics are the Same for Everyone
2: There>'s No Such Thing as the Force of Gravity
3: Why Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics
4: Mass Ain>'t What it Used To Be
5: How to Fudge the Equations of the Universe
Part II: Formulation
6: To Get There I Wouldn>'t Start From Here
7: A Gift From the Devil>'s Grandmother
8: Our Second or Third Guess Solved the Equations Exactly
9: I Used Every Available Key Ring in Verona
10: Is There Really No Time Like the Present?
Part III: Elaborations
11: Gravitons, Holographic Physics and Why Things Fall Down
12: Fermions, Emergent Particles and the Nature of Stuff
13: Relational Quantum Mechanics and Why
Jim Baggott is a freelance science writer. He was a lecturer in
chemistry at the University of Reading but left to work with Shell
International Petroleum Company, and then as an independent
business consultant and trainer. His many books include Quantum
Reality: The Quest for the Real Meaning of Quantum Mechanics DS A
Game of Theories (OUP, 2020), Mass: The Quest to Understand Matter
from Greek Atoms to Quantum
Fields (OUP, 2017), Origins: The Scientific Story of Creation (OUP,
2015), Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the 'God Particle'
(OUP, 2012), The Quantum Story: A History in 40 Moments (OUP,
2011), and A Beginners Guide to Reality (Penguin,
2005).
...if you have enjoyed/got through popular science books about such
areas as strings and superstrings, time, and the God particle, here
is a fine addition to the oeuvre.
*Ian Francis, School Science Review*
There is no doubt that Jim Baggott is an excellent popular science
writer, and Quantum Space is the first complete and approachable
account to a quantum theory that delves deep into the quest to
resolve one of the great unanswered problems of modern physics: How
can general relativity be made compatible with quantum mechanics?
Baggott proposes Loop Quantum Gravity, which in our mind is one of
the best explanations for anyone who wants to understand more about
our puling universe ... It's a triumph.
*All About Space Magazine*
There's no doubt that Jim Baggott is one of the best popular
science writers currently active ... [he] has done a huge favour
for anyone who really wants to understand modern theoretical
physics, giving a much better understanding of this fascinating
attempt to deal with a central requirement to explain the workings
of our universe. It's a triumph.
*Brian Clegg, popularscience.com*
A lucid exposition of loop quantum gravity and the search for the
structural space, time and the universe focusing around the work of
Lee Smolin and Carlo Rovelli.
*David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer*
The discovery and development of Loop Quantum Gravity has been a
great adventure. Jim's story beautifully captures its insights and
excitement.
*Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics*
...if you have enjoyed/got through popular science books about such
areas as strings and superstrings, time, and the God particle, here
is a fine addition to the oeuvre.
*Ian Francis, School Science Review*
There is no doubt that Jim Baggott is an excellent popular science
writer, and Quantum Space is the first complete and approachable
account to a quantum theory that delves deep into the quest to
resolve one of the great unanswered problems of modern physics: How
can general relativity be made compatible with quantum mechanics?
Baggott proposes Loop Quantum Gravity, which in our mind is one of
the best explanations for anyone who wants to understand more about
our puling universe ... It's a triumph.
*All About Space Magazine*
There's no doubt that Jim Baggott is one of the best popular
science writers currently active ... [he] has done a huge favour
for anyone who really wants to understand modern theoretical
physics, giving a much better understanding of this fascinating
attempt to deal with a central requirement to explain the workings
of our universe. It's a triumph.
*Brian Clegg, popularscience.com*
A lucid exposition of loop quantum gravity and the search for the
structural space, time and the universe focusing around the work of
Lee Smolin and Carlo Rovelli.
*David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer*
The discovery and development of Loop Quantum Gravity has been a
great adventure. Jim's story beautifully captures its insights and
excitement.
*Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics*
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