Topology change and the unity of space

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-246

  Callender, Craig ^a   Weingard, Robert ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Euler Characteristic; General Relativity; Non Orientability; Space time; Topology Change; Unity of Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034196160     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(00)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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