Download or read book Planck Scale Effects in Astrophysics and Cosmology written by Giovanni Amelino-Camelia and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is composed of extensive and detailed notes from the lectures given at the 40th Karpacz Winter School. This school focussed on quantum gravity phenomenology with emphasis on its relation to observational astrophysics and cosmology. These notes have been carefully edited with the aim to give advanced students and young researchers a balanced and accessible introduction to a rather heavily mathematical subject.