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It is indicated that, of the two fundamental theories of physics, namely, the quantum theory of fields and the spacetime theory of gravitation, the former is mathematically underdetermined and the latter overdetermined. When properly revised, the two theories seem to merge into a geometrically based general framework theory free of the usual difficulties. In particular, a finite and viable quantum theory of gravity satisfying all necessary correspondence requirements seems to be possible. The result, however, still suffers from the usual lack of intuitive comprehension of quantum processes. In this article an effort is made to remedy the latter situation via a unitary concept of a field quantum we call wave-particle unity.
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Yilmaz, H. (1997). Toward a Comprehensible Physical Theory: Gravity and Quantum Mechanics. In: Jeffers, S., Roy, S., Vigier, JP., Hunter, G. (eds) The Present Status of the Quantum Theory of Light. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 80. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5682-0_47
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