"Incerto Tempore, Incertisque Loci": Can We Compute the Exact Time at Which a Quantum Measurement Happens?

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1031-1043

  Rovelli, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0032338610     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018889802170     Document Type: Article

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