Everywhere and everywhen : adventures in physics and philosophy /

Why does time pass and space does not? Are there just three dimensions? What is a quantum particle? Nick Huggett shows that philosophy has much to say about these profound questions about the universe. In this book, Huggett charts a journey that peers into some of the oldest questions about the worl...

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Weitere Titel:
Adventures in physics and philosophy
1. Verfasser:
Huggett, Nick
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford University Press 2010
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Why does time pass and space does not? Are there just three dimensions? What is a quantum particle? Nick Huggett shows that philosophy has much to say about these profound questions about the universe. In this book, Huggett charts a journey that peers into some of the oldest questions about the world, through some of the newest.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-977655-5
0-19-970211-X
1-283-09637-4
9786613096371
Schlagworte:
Physics > Philosophy.
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