000 01280cam a2200301 i 4500
008 140516s2014 enka b 001 0 eng c
010 _a 2014006277
020 _a1107062802 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 _a9781107062801 (hardback : alk. paper)
040 _aOU/DLC
_beng
_cOU
_erda
_dDLC
050 0 0 _aQC173.59.S65
_bH34 2014
082 0 0 _a530.11
_223
092 0 4 _a530.11
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099 _a04
_a530.11 H1414
100 1 _aHagar, Amit,
_d1969-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDiscrete or continuous? :
_bthe quest for fundamental length in modern physics /
_cAmit Hagar, Indiana University.
260 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014.
300 _axi, 267 p. :
_bill. ;
_c26 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-263) and index.
505 0 _aArguments 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.
650 0 _aLength measurement.
650 0 _aSpace and time
_xPhilosophy.
902 _a1
905 _aEman
_eRev.
905 _aJamal
_eCat.
942 _2ddc
_cBK
999 _c138736
_d138736