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Why I still love reckoning with the quantum gravity problem

Why I still love reckoning with the quantum gravity problem

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April 16, 2025, 6:00 PM

  • General relativity is our most fundamental theory for explaining gravity.
  • It is also a fantastic approximation of a more correct theory.
  • General relativity lurks everywhere in physics, from the way it allows us to navigate with the global positioning system to how it helps us launch satellites.

General relativity is an astonishingly beautiful theory, and grappling with why it disagrees with quantum mechanics is a joy, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.

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