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[Revised entry by Steven Weinstein and Dean Rickles on February 26, 2024.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
Quantum Gravity, broadly construed, is a physical theory (still ‘under construction’ after over 100 years) incorporating both the principles of general relativity and quantum theory. Such a theory is expected to be able to provide a satisfactory description of the microstructure of spacetime at the so-called Planck scale, at which all fundamental constants of the ingredient theories, (c) (the velocity of light in vacuo), (hslash) (the reduced…

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