# Lessons from classical gravity about the quantum structure of spacetime

@article{Padmanabhan2010LessonsFC,
title={Lessons from classical gravity about the quantum structure of spacetime},
author={Thanu Padmanabhan},
journal={Journal of Physics: Conference Series},
year={2010},
volume={306},
pages={012001}
}
• T. Padmanabhan
• Published 20 December 2010
• Physics
• Journal of Physics: Conference Series
I present the theoretical evidence which suggests that gravity is an emergent phenomenon like gas dynamics or elasticity with the gravitational field equations having the same status as, say, the equations of fluid dynamics/elasticity. This paradigm views a wide class of gravitational theories – including Einstein's theory – as describing the thermodynamic limit of the statistical mechanics of 'atoms of spacetime'. Strong internal evidence in favour of such a point of view is presented using…

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