Speziale, S. (2008). Quantum Gravity: The quest to quantise Einstein's theory of General Relativity. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/08080005
MLA
Speziale, Simone. Quantum Gravity: The quest to quantise Einstein's theory of General Relativity. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Aug. 01, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08080005
BibTex
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url = {https://pirsa.org/08080005},
author = {Speziale, Simone},
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language = {en},
title = {Quantum Gravity: The quest to quantise Einstein{\textquoteright}s theory of General Relativity},
publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
year = {2008},
month = {aug},
note = {PIRSA:08080005 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/index.php/pirsa/08080005}}
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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.
