Gauging what's real : the conceptual foundations of contemporary gauge theories /
Gauge theories have provided our most successful representations of the fundamental forces of nature. But how do such representations work? Healey aims to answer this question, and defends a distinctive thesis which proves that loops rather than points are the locations of fundamental properties.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Gauge theories have provided our most successful representations of the fundamental forces of nature. But how do such representations work? Healey aims to answer this question, and defends a distinctive thesis which proves that loops rather than points are the locations of fundamental properties. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191537073 0191537071 9780191713453 0191713457 0199576939 9780199576937 9786611154585 6611154582 1435624157 9781435624153 |