Towards Quantum Gravity: Proceedings of the XXXV International Winter School on Theoretical Physics, Held in Polanica, Poland, 2-11 February 1999 (Lecture Notes in Physics)

The aim of this book is to give graduate students an overview of quantum gravity but it also covers related topics from astrophysics. Some well-written contributions can serve as an introduction into basic conceptual concepts like time in quantum gravity or the emergence of a classical world from quantum cosmology. This makes the volume attractive to philosophers of science, too. Other topics are black holes, gravitational waves and non-commutative extensions of physical theories.