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Nature 442, 988-990 (31 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442988a; Published online 30 August 2006

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Cosmology: Unique, or not unique?

Martin Bojowald1

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That is the question. The search for a single theory of everything is as old as science itself, and is now the beat of quantum cosmologists. But some basic tenets that inform the quest are being challenged.

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And, by opposing, end them?
Hamlet Act III, Scene i

  1. Martin Bojowald is in the Department of Physics, Penn State University, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA.
    Email: bojowald@gravity.psu.edu

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