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Author Hagar, Amit, 1969-

Title Discrete or Continuous? : the Quest for Fundamental Length in Modern Physics.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (282 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary Novel conceptual analysis, fresh historical perspectives, and concrete physical examples illuminate one of the most thought-provoking topics in physics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject Standards of length.
Standards of length.
Physical constants.
Physical constants.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hagar, Amit. Discrete or Continuous? Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014 9781139960274
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