DURING the first half of 1994, Chris Isham and I organized a programme on geometry and gravity at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge. One of its principal themes was the fate of space and time in quantum theories of gravity, and two of the participants, Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose, were persuaded to deliver a series of lectures, culminating in a public debate on the nature of space and time. The lectures were intended for a general university audience and, as one might imagine given the reputations of the speakers, the hall was packed.
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机译：在1994年上半年，克里斯·艾瑟姆（Chris Isham）和我在剑桥的艾萨克·牛顿学院（Isaac Newton Institute）组织了一个几何和重力计划。它的主要主题之一是引力量子理论中的空间和时间的命运，并说服了其中的两个参与者斯蒂芬·霍金和罗杰·彭罗斯，进行了一系列演讲，最终引发了关于空间和自然本质的公开辩论。时间。这些讲座面向普通的大学听众，正如演讲者的声誉所想象的那样，大厅里挤满了人。
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