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Theoretical physics: The origins of space and time

Many researchers believe that physics will not be complete until it can explain not just the behaviour of space and time, but where these entities come from.

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Merali, Z. Theoretical physics: The origins of space and time. Nature 500, 516–519 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/500516a

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