Hagar, Amit, 1969-

Discrete or continuous? : the quest for fundamental length in modern physics / Amit Hagar, Indiana University. - UK : Cambridge University Press , 2014 . - 267 pages : 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-263) and index.

Arguments from math -- Arguments from philosophy -- Electrodynamics, QED, and early QFT -- Quantum gravity : prehistory -- Einstein on the notion of length -- Quantum gravity : current approaches -- The proof is in the pudding -- Coda.

9781107062801 (hardback : alk. paper) 1107062802 (hardback : alk. paper)

2014006277


Space and time--Philosophy.
Length measurement.

QC173.59.S65 / H34 2014

530.11

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