Structural Issues in Quantum Gravity
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A discursive, non-technical, analysis is made of some of the basic issues that arise in almost any approach to quantum gravity, and of how these issues stand in relation to recent developments in the field. Specific topics include the applicability of the conceptual and mathematical structures of both classical general relativity and standard quantum theory. This discussion is preceded by a short history of the last twenty-five years of research in quantum gravity, and concludes with speculations on what a future theory might look like.
42 pages, latex, no figures. Writeup of GR14 plenary lecture
42 pages, latex, no figures. Writeup of GR14 plenary lecture