NotespreparedinCollaborationwithRanjeetSTate
Itisnowgenerallyrecognizedthatperturbativefieldtheoreticalmethodsthathavebeenhighlysuccessfulinthequantumdescriptionofnon-gravitationalinteractionscannotbeusedasameansofconstructingaquantumtheoryofgravity.Theprimaryaimofthebookistopresentanup-to-dateaccountofanon-perturbative,canonicalquantizationprogramforgravity.Manyofthetechnicalresultsobtainedintheprocessareofinterestalsotodifferentialgeometry,classicalgeneralrelativityandQCD.Theprogramasawholewashighlightedinvirtuallyeverymajorconferenceingravitationalphysicsoverthepastthreeyears.