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Canonical quantum gravity and the question of time

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Canonical Gravity: From Classical to Quantum

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Isham, C.J. (1994). Canonical quantum gravity and the question of time. In: Ehlers, J., Friedrich, H. (eds) Canonical Gravity: From Classical to Quantum. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 434. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58339-4_18

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