title: A First Course in Loop Quantum Gravity
author:  Rodolfo Gambini 
description: "Gambini and Pullin have written an excellent and truly introductory book, aimed at the undergraduate level, which fills a gap in the existing literature, and responds to the growing interest in this subject. " -<b>Carlo Rovelli, Aix-Marseille University, France</b><br /><b>From Oxford University Press' website.</b><br /><br /><span>... the first book on this topic that is accessible already to undergraduates. No previous knowledge of general relativity and quantum field theory is required... The authors present the key features of loop quantum gravity, but also do not hide its weak points. -</span><b>Claus Kiefer, University of Cologne, Germany From Oxford University Press' website</b>
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  Translation from Italian by J.C. van den Berg
  
  
  ISBN: 978-88-8323-302-9
  
  
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  First published in Italian: 2004
  
  
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  _Carlo Rovelli_ is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Université de la
  Méditerranée in Marseille, France, member of the Institute Universitaire de
  France, and Affiliated Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the
  Pittsburgh University, USA. In 1996 he was awarded the International
  Xanthopoulos Prize for his contributions to loop quantum gravity and for his
  research on the foundations of space and time. For the large publ