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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Main Author: Huggett, Nick
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2010, 2010
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