Name: Lectures on Quantum Gravity (Series of the Centro de Estudios Científicos)
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Author: Andrés Gomberoff
ISBN: 9781441936776

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Lectures on Quantum Gravity (Series of the Centro de Estudios Científicos)

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Physical Book

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Author

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

350

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.4 x 17.8 x 1.9 cm

Weight

0.64 kg.

ISBN

1441936777

ISBN13

9781441936776

Synopsis "Lectures on Quantum Gravity (Series of the Centro de Estudios Científicos) "

The 2002 Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute School on Quantum Gravity was held at the Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECS), Valdivia, Chile, January 4-14, 2002. The school featured lectures by ten speakers, and was attended by nearly 70 students from over 14 countries. A primary goal was to foster interaction and communication between participants from different cultures, both in the layman's sense of the term and in terms of approaches to quantum gravity. We hope that the links formed by students and the school will persist throughout their professional lives, continuing to promote interaction and the essential exchange of ideas that drives research forward. This volume contains improved and updated versions of the lectures given at the School. It has been prepared both as a reminder for the participants, and so that these pedagogical introductions can be made available to others who were unable to attend. We expect them to serve students of all ages well.

Andrés Gomberoff

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Andrés Gomberoff es un físico y divulgador científico chileno, con doctorado en física teórica, reconocido por su capacidad para explicar ideas complejas sin anestesia académica, pero con elegancia. Ha desarrollado una sólida carrera como académico universitario y gestor científico, combinando investigación, docencia y reflexión pública sobre el rol de la ciencia en la cultura contemporánea. Su trabajo se caracteriza por una mirada crítica, curiosa y accesible, que rehúye el dogma tanto como el tecnicismo vacío.

En el ámbito editorial, Gomberoff ha destacado por acercar la física moderna a lectores no especializados con una prosa clara y provocadora. En Antimateria, magia y poesía, explora los límites entre ciencia, imaginación y lenguaje, mostrando cómo conceptos aparentemente abstractos dialogan con la experiencia humana y la tradición intelectual. Más que divulgar datos, su escritura invita a pensar la ciencia como una forma rigurosa —y profundamente creativa— de entender el mundo.

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