Emergence in physics

Emergence in Science and Philosophy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 213-232

  McGivern, Patrick ^a   Rueger, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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