The Emergence of the Macroworld: A Study of Intertheory Relations in Classical and Quantum Mechanics

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1039-1051

  Forster, Malcolm R ^a   Kryukov, Alexey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 1842842948     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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