Discrete or continuous? : the quest for fundamental length in modern physics /
Hagar, Amit, 1969-
Discrete or continuous? : the quest for fundamental length in modern physics / Amit Hagar, Indiana University. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - xi, 267 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-263) and index.
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.
1107062802 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107062801 (hardback : alk. paper)
2014006277
Length measurement.
Space and time--Philosophy.
QC173.59.S65 / H34 2014
530.11
Discrete or continuous? : the quest for fundamental length in modern physics / Amit Hagar, Indiana University. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - xi, 267 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-263) and index.
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.
1107062802 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107062801 (hardback : alk. paper)
2014006277
Length measurement.
Space and time--Philosophy.
QC173.59.S65 / H34 2014
530.11