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Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman (Ed.)

Towards Quantum Gravity

Proceedings of the XXXV International

Winter School on Theoretical Physics

Held in Polanica, Poland, 2-11 February 1999

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Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman

Institute of Theoretical Physics

University of Wrocław

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Preface

For almost forty years the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of

Wroclaw has organizedwinter schoolsdevoted to current problems in theoretical

physics. The XXXVInternational Winter School on Theoretical Physics, “From

Cosmology to Quantum Gravity”, was held in Polanica, a little town in south-

west Poland,between 2nd and 11th February, 1999.The aim of the schoolwas to

gather together world-leading scientists working on the ﬁeld of quantum gravity,

along with a number of post-graduate students and young post-docs and to oﬀer

young scientists with diverse backgrounds in astrophysics and particle physics

the opportunity tolearnabout recentdevelopmentsin gravitationalphysics.The

lectures covered macroscopic phenomena like relativistic binary star systems,

gravitational waves, and black holes; and the quantum aspects, e.g., quantum

space-time and the string theory approach.

This volume contains a collection of articles based on lectures presented dur-

ing the School. They cover a wide spectrum of topics in classical relativity,

quantum gravity, black hole physics and string theory. Unfortunately, some of

the lecturers were not able to prepare their contributions, and for this reason

I decided to entitle this volume “Towards Quantum Gravity”, the title which

better reﬂects its contents.

I would like to thank all the lecturers for the excellent lectures they gave

and for the unique atmosphere they created during the School. Thanks are due

to Professor Jan Willem van Holten and Professor Jerzy Lukierski for their

help in organizing the School and preparing its scientiﬁc programme. Dobromila

Nowak worked very hard, carrying out virtually all administrative duties alone.

I would also like to thank the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Univer-

sity of Wroclaw, the University of Wroclaw, the Foundation for Karpacz Winter

Schools, and the Polish Committee for Scientiﬁc Research (KBN) for their ﬁ-

nancial support.

Wroclaw, November, 1999

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