Critical review: paul teller's interpretive introduction to quantum field theory

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 302-314

  Huggett, Nick ^a   Weingard, Robert ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0006150251     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/289914     Document Type: Article

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