The universe from scratch

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-117

  Ambjorn J ^a,c   Jurkiewicz, J ^b,d,e   Loll, R ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Mark Kac Complex Systems Research Centre   (Poland)

^e Institute of Physics   (Poland)

^f European Network on Random Geometry   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33646772529     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510600603344     Document Type: Review

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