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Mass: the quest to understand matter from Greek atoms to quantum fields

Everything around us is made of 'stuff', from planets, to books, to our own bodies. Whatever it is, we call it matter or material substance. It is solid; it has mass. But what is matter, exactly? We are taught in school that matter is not continuous, but discrete. As a few of the philosoph...

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Autor principal: Baggott, Jim
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2267778