Classical Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1219-1232

  Liu, Chuang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 1542444069     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377402     Document Type: Conference Paper

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