Cosmology - Original questions

被引:9
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Bojowald, M [1 ]
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[1] Max Planck Inst Gravitat Phys, Albert Einstein Inst, D-14476 Golm, Germany
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10.1038/436920a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The lack of a coherent quantum description of gravity has impeded our understanding of the physics that determined how the Universe began. A synthesis of recent ideas may take us a step farther back in time.
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页码:920 / 921
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