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"Throwing Einstein for a Loop," by Amanda Gefter. Scientific American, December 2002, pages 40-41.

The title refers to a theory called loop quantum gravity which attempts to link quantum theory and general relativity. Most of the article deals with physics, and physicist Fotini Markopoulou Kalamara, but some mathematics is included.

--- Mike Breen

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