Quantum Gravity/String/M-theory/ as we approach the 3rd Millennium

Abstract

I review some recent progress in String/M-theory

This is the text of my plenary lecture, aimed at a non-expert audience, given at GR15, Pune, India, December 1997. 22 pages Latex file with two figures and using crckapb.sty style file

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• M Theory As A Matrix Model: A Conjecture
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