Martin Bojowald is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University. He pioneered loop quantum cosmology, a field on which his research continues to focus.

'… the combination of rarely found material and the presentation of a very powerful formalism with which to solve problems in astrophysics and cosmology makes for a highly recommended book and a very valuable addition to the literature.' The Observatory

• 1. Introduction; 2. Isotropic cosmology: a prelude; 3. Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity; 4. Model systems and perturbations; 5. Global and asymptotic properties; 6. Quantum gravity; Appendix; References; Index.

Martin Bojowald is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University. He pioneered loop quantum cosmology, a field on which his research continues to focus.

'… the combination of rarely found material and the presentation of a very powerful formalism with which to solve problems in astrophysics and cosmology makes for a highly recommended book and a very valuable addition to the literature.' The Observatory

• 1. Introduction; 2. Isotropic cosmology: a prelude; 3. Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity; 4. Model systems and perturbations; 5. Global and asymptotic properties; 6. Quantum gravity; Appendix; References; Index.

Martin Bojowald is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University. He pioneered loop quantum cosmology, a field on which his research continues to focus.

'… the combination of rarely found material and the presentation of a very powerful formalism with which to solve problems in astrophysics and cosmology makes for a highly recommended book and a very valuable addition to the literature.' The Observatory

• 1. Introduction; 2. Isotropic cosmology: a prelude; 3. Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity; 4. Model systems and perturbations; 5. Global and asymptotic properties; 6. Quantum gravity; Appendix; References; Index.