Theories of space-time in modern physics

Synthese

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 429-489

  Boi, Luciano ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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