Matvei Bronstein

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Chronicled events

1. 1936·​Bronstein Finds Gravity Resists Quantization
   #5766

   General relativity can’t be the whole truth about gravity. Together with quantum theory, it implies that gravity can’t be measured precisely in tiny regions of space. So the smooth spacetime of general relativity must break down there.