A philosopher looks at string dualities
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Publication:652842
DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.12.005zbMath1228.81043OpenAlexW2067073253MaRDI QIDQ652842
Publication date: 17 December 2011
Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.12.005
General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)
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