Magnifying Spacetime: How Physics Changes with Scale: How Physics Changes with Scale

"Magnifying Spacetime delivers new insights into the role of scale in quantum gravity from the cutting-edge of modern research using an accessible and pedagogical style. The ideal complementary text for undergraduate and graduate students, this book alsoserves as an essential resource for professional physicists working on related topics. However, the scientifically literate layman should also find this work accessible due to the emphasis on conceptual understanding. Daniel Coumbe takes readers on a journey from the basics of scale transformations to the frontiers of quantum gravity research, including fractal geometry, minimum length scenarios, the renormalization group, Weinberg's asymptotic safety scenario, causal dynamical triangulations, spontaneous dimensional reduction, and Weyl's modification of Einstein's general relativity"--