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Everywhere and everywhen : adventures in physics and philosophy /

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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
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Physics > Philosophy.
Physique > Philosophie.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Physics > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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