Is "the Theory of Everything" Merely the Ultimate Ensemble Theory?

Annals of Physics

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-51

  Tegmark, Max ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 0039065254     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aphy.1998.5855     Document Type: Article

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