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SUMMARY:Quantum Gravity\, String Theory and the Structure of Space and Tim
 e - Prof. Elias Kiritsis\, Université de Paris\, Crete Center for Theoret
 ical Physics
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DESCRIPTION: Gravity and Quantum Field Theory are our very successful fram
 eworks that were developed and tested during the 20th century. However\, g
 ravity has resisted its marriage with quantum mechanics giving rise to man
 y difficulties\, problems\n\nand paradoxes over the last fifty years. Stri
 ng Theory entered the picture as a (quantum) framework\, distinct from Qua
 ntum Field Theory\, with the promise to provide a quantum theory of gravit
 y\, which it did\, for energies well-below the Planck scale.\n\nString the
 ory\, changed in many respects the way we look at gravity and space-time. 
 Its most radical\n\navatar\, the AdS/CFT (or holographic) correspondence\,
   turned the tables completely and gave a revolutionary view of gravity\, 
 quantum field theory and the nature of space and time. We are only startin
 g to fathom and decipher this new point of view.
LOCATION:Online: https://timeout.srcf.net/oes22-ors-efn
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