"Loop Quantum Gravity," The New Humanists: Science at the Edge (2003)
“While most people… were seeking to modify the principles of either relativity or quantum theory, we surprised ourselves (and many other people) by succeeding in putting them together without modifying their principles.”
"Loop Quantum Gravity," The New Humanists: Science at the Edge (2003)
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