Chapter 10 Pruning Some Branches from "Branching Spacetimes"

Philosophy and Foundations of Physics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 187-205

  Earman, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 45849109524     PISSN: 18711774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1871-1774(08)00010-7     Document Type: Review

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