Can general relativity be completely described as a field in a flat space? Can it be...

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Can general relativity be completely described as a field in aflat space? Can it be done already now or requires advances inquantum gravity?

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ADDITION in the paper by Straumann N Reflections on Gravity ESACERN Workshop on Fundamental Physics in Space and Related Topics European Space Agency 57 April 20002001 SP46955 it is shown similarly to Desers classical work but in a more expository style that a spin2 field theory on a flat Minkowki 4manifold ends up being totally equivalent to Einsteins curved spacetime where the ab inition Minkowski metric ends up being unobservable whereas the observable and physical metric is dynamical supporting the relational meaning advocated in the rest of    See Answer
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