Interferences and Events: On Epistemic Shifts in Physics through Computer Simulations

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Interferences and Events: On Epistemic Shifts in Physics through Computer Simulations. / Dippel, Anne (Editor); Warnke, Martin (Editor).
Lüneburg: meson press, 2017. 182 p.

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Dippel A, (ed.), Warnke M, (ed.). Interferences and Events: On Epistemic Shifts in Physics through Computer Simulations. Lüneburg: meson press, 2017. 182 p. doi: 10.14619/022

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