Sakharov's 1967 notion of "induced gravity" is currently enjoying a significant resurgence. The basic idea, originally presented in a very brief 3-page paper with a total of four formulas, is that gravity is not "fundamental" in the sense of particle physics. Instead it was argued that gravity (general relativity) emerges from quantum field theory in roughly the same sense that hydrodynamics or continuum elasticity theory emerges from molecular physics. In this article we will translate the key ideas into modern language, and explain the various versions of Sakharov's idea currently on the market.
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