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Quantum Gravity

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1957

John Archibald WheelerJanuary 1957

Chapel Hill · Science / Physics

Discusses singularities and the need for quantum gravity beyond classical general relativity.

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John Archibald Wheeler

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