Records theory

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-667

  Anderson, Edward ^a,b   Dodelson, S ^c  

^a PETERHOUSE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fundamental problems in quantum cosmology; Problem of time; Record theory; Timelessness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649694961     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271809014686     Document Type: Article

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