Physics and the real world

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-262

  Ellis, George F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Causality; Emergence; Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745267276     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-005-9016-x     Document Type: Article

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