Prerequisites for a Consistent Framework of Quantum Gravity

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

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-204

  Cao, Tian Yu ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Ontological Approach; Quantum Gravity; Theory Construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042837958     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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