New View on Quantum Gravity and the Origin of the Universe
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This essay is based on a physics lecture given at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on May 24, 2006, Hong Kong. It has 5 sections and one page of references and suggested reading. The section titles are: 1. Origin of the Universe and Quantum Gravity 2. Two major paradigms in Physics and Two directions of Research in Cosmology 3. The Mescoscopic Structures of Spacetime and Stochastic Gravity 4. One Vein of the Hydro View: Spacetime as Condensate? 5. Implications for the Origin of the Universe and other issues.
12 pages, pdf format. To appear in a semi-popular book (in Chinese): Where Do We Come From? -- on the Origin of the Universe (Commercial Press, Hong Kong 2007) -- A collection of essays based on public talks given by Stephen Hawking, Bei-Lok Hu, Henry Tye, and others in Hong Kong, May-June 2006
12 pages, pdf format. To appear in a semi-popular book (in Chinese): Where Do We Come From? -- on the Origin of the Universe (Commercial Press, Hong Kong 2007) -- A collection of essays based on public talks given by Stephen Hawking, Bei-Lok Hu, Henry Tye, and others in Hong Kong, May-June 2006