A maverick physicist is building a case for scrapping quantum gravity
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To merge quantum physics and general relativity, physicists aim to quantize gravity. But what if gravity isn’t quantum at all?
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A maverick physicist is building a case for scrapping quantum gravity
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Sean Carroll's new book argues quantum physics leads to many worlds
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The Physicist Who Bets That Gravity Can't Be Quantized
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Emily Conover
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A maverick physicist is building a case for scrapping quantum gravity
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Is Gravity Quantum? Scientific American
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A maverick physicist is building a case for scrapping quantum gravity
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Quantum Breakthrough: Scientists Rethink the Nature of Reality
Physicists Rewrite a Quantum Rule That Clashes With Our Universe
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A maverick physicist is building a case for scrapping quantum gravity
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How we could discover quantum gravity without rebuilding space-time