Acknowledgments | vii | ||||
Prologue: The quest for quantum gravity | 1 | (14) | |||
Part I Points of departure | 15 | (52) | |||
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26 | (7) | |||
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33 | (16) | |||
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49 | (18) | |||
Part II What we have learned | 67 | (100) | |||
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69 | (8) | |||
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77 | (11) | |||
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88 | (7) | |||
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95 | (11) | |||
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106 | (19) | |||
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125 | (21) | |||
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146 | (21) | |||
Part III The present frontiers | 167 | (40) | |||
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169 | (10) | |||
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179 | (15) | |||
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194 | (13) | |||
Epilogue: A possible future | 207 | (5) | |||
Glossary | 212 | (9) | |||
Suggestions for further reading | 221 | (6) | |||
Index | 227 |