Discrete or continuous? : the quest for fundamental length in modern physics / Amit Hagar, Indiana University.
By: Hagar, Amit [author.].
Material type: BookPublisher: UK : Cambridge University Press , 2014Description: 267 pages : 26 cm.ISBN: 9781107062801 (hardback : alk. paper); 1107062802 (hardback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Space and time -- Philosophy | Length measurementDDC classification: 530.11
Contents:
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.
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Non Fiction | BardBerlinLibrary 2nd floor | 530.11 hag 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | donated by Michael Weinman |
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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.
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