Space, time, & stuff /

"Space, Time, and Stuff is an attempt to show that physics is geometry: that the fundamental structure of the physical world is purely geometrical structure. Along the way, he examines some non-standard views about the structure of spacetime and its inhabitants, including the idea that space an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arntzenius, Frank
Other Authors: Dorr, Cian Seán, 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, U.K. ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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