Covered with Deep Mist: The Development of Quantum Gravity (1916-1956)

by Dean Rickles

The problem of quantum gravity is often viewed as the most pressing unresolved problem of modern physics: our theories of spacetime and matter, described respectively by general relativity (Einstein's theory of gravitation and spacetime) and quantum mechanics (our best theory of matter and the other forces of nature) resist unification. Covered with Deep Mist provides the first book-length treatment of the history of quantum gravity, focusing on its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199602956
• ISBN13: 9780199602957
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.8"