Books
Below, we list books about quantum gravity and loop quantum gravity, which are addressed to the scientific community and those who want to learn about the field.
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Monographs: original research, theory building.
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Textbooks: introductory material for interested students.
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Collections: scientific exchange, debates and conversations among researchers in loop quantum gravity and beyond, from theoretical physics to philosophy of science.
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Lectures on Non-Perturbative Canonical Gravity
Abhay Ashtekar, World Scientific, 1991.
ISBN: 981-02-0574-0
doi:10.1142/1321
It is essential reading not only for anyone who intends to do research on this approach but also for anyone at the level of an advanced graduate student or beyond who is interested in broadening his or her perspectives on the theory of quantum gravity.
Robert M. Wald
Monographs
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A First Course in Loop Quantum Gravity
Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin, Oxford University Press, 2011.
ISBN: 978-0-19-959075-9
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199590759.001.0001
[...] A First Course in Loop Quantum Gravity is the first book on this topic that is accessible already to undergraduates. No previous knowledge of general relativity and quantum field theory is required; instead, the necessary material from these subjects is introduced in a clear and pedagogical way. The authors present the key features of loop quantum gravity, but also do not hide its weak points. The book can be recommended to anyone from student to established scientist [...].
Claus Kiefer
Textbooks
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Loop Quantum Gravity: The First 30 Years
Edited by Abhay Ashtekar, Jorge Pullin, World Scientific, 2017.
ISBN: 978-981-3209-92-3
doi:10.1142/10445
Written by young theoretical physicists who are expert in the field, this volume is meant both to provide an introduction to the field and to offer a review of the latest developments, not discussed in many other existing books, for senior researchers. It will also appeal to scientists who do not work directly on LQG but are interested in issues at the interface of general relativity and quantum physics.
Cern Courier