Quantum geometrodynamics: Whence, whither?

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 877-901

  Kiefer, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black holes; Quantum cosmology; Quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349098483     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: 15729532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-008-0750-1     Document Type: Article

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