The structure of the world from pure numbers

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 897-964

  Tipler, F J ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/68/4/R04     Document Type: Article

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