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Book Description
Drawing on pivotal work by Einstein, Wheeler, Thorne, Hawking, and others, Matt Visser charts the development and current state of Lorentzian wormhole physics. Dr. Visser shows that by pushing established physical theories to their limits, it is possible to deduce the true physics of such exotica as wormholes and time travel. The physical framework he uses is derived from one of the major research frontiers of modern theoretical physics: quantum gravity the intersection of classical Einstein gravity and quantum field theory.
About the Author: Matt Visser is Research Assistant Professor at Washington University, St. Louis. He has lectured in the United States and abroad on topics including wormhole physics, time travel, and the chronology protection conjecture. He has conducted postdoctoral research at both the University of Southern California and at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
FROM THE AUTHOR:
THE OBSERVATORY MAGAZINE "To his surprise the reviewer appreciated the book as a way of appraising GR and can certainly recommend it in this connection."
Book Info
Readers can explore in depth the science behind the science fiction. Drawing on pivotal work by Einstein, Wheeler, Morris, Thorne, Hawking, and others, Matt Visser charts the development and current state of Lorentzian wormhole physics. Paper. DLC: General relativity (Physics)
Lorentzian Wormholes: From Einstein to Hawking (AIP Series in Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics),Matt Visser,AIP Press,1563966530,Physics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Cosmology & the universe,General relativity,Relativistic quantum mechanics & quantum field theory
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