Critical phenomena and breaking drops: Infinite idealizations in physics

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

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-244

  Batterman, Robert W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical phenomena; Idealizations; Scaling; Theory reduction; Thermodynamic limit

Indexed keywords

EID: 19144368833     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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