Entropy and Vacuum Radiation

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1191-1207

  Burns, Jean E ^a  

^a Consciousness Research ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0032328059     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018802204896     Document Type: Article

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