Galileo's Ship and Spacetime Symmetry

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 483-516

  Budden, Tim ^a  

^a U de Logique et de Philos des Sci   (Belgium)

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EID: 0010325457     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/48.4.483     Document Type: Article

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