Are instantaneous velocities real and really instantaneous?: An argument for the affirmative

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-280

  Smith, Sheldon R ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Instantaneous state; Velocity; Zeno's paradoxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943007628     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(03)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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