Central programme of twistor theory

Chaos, solitons and fractals

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 581-611

  Penrose, Roger ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Gresham College   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

QUANTUM GRAVITY; TWISTOR THEORY;

RELATIVITY;

EID: 0033077387     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(98)00333-6     Document Type: Article

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