The conjoint origin of proof and theoretical physics

Explanation and Proof in Mathematics: Philosophical and Educational Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 17-32

  Jahnke, Hans Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0576-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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