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In the Einstein era of general relativity the only other force known to exist beyond gravity was electromagnetism which was already successfully described by Maxwells equations. There was a desire to try to understand if these theories had a common origin. Einstein himself had the goal of unifying Maxwells theory with general relativity.
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Attempts to quantizing ordinary general relativity, such as loop quantum gravity, by rewriting Einsteins theory in terms of more elegant variables, are far from providing the resolution of the original quantization problems.
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Bars, I., Terning, J. (2010). The Role of Extra Space Dimensions in String Theory. In: Nekoogar, F. (eds) Extra Dimensions in Space and Time. Multiversal Journeys. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77638-5_6
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