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  • Quantum mechanics is the physics of the very small, whereas general relativity is the physics of the very large. But these two theories do not play well together. There should be a set of fixed laws that govern our physical universe, and all physical phenomena should follow those laws. However, the issue is that right now, there are separate laws for the quantum world (small particles) and the relative (large matter) world. But why is this the case? Our story begins with a revolutionary set of equations in summarised in 1865.