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The methodological heritage of Newton / / editors, Robert E. Butts, John W. Davis
| The methodological heritage of Newton / / editors, Robert E. Butts, John W. Davis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Toronto] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1970 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 pages) |
| Disciplina | 530/.01 |
| Collana | Heritage |
| Soggetto topico | Science - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4426-5115-6
1-4426-3278-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- I: INTRODUCTION -- II: HYPOTHESES FINGO -- III: THE CLARKE-LEIBNIZ CONTROVERSY -- IV: BERKELEY, NEWTON, AND SPACE -- V: GRAVITY AND INTELLIGIBILITY: NEWTON TO KANT -- VI: THOMAS REID AND THE NEWTONIAN TURN OF BRITISH METHODOLOGICAL THOUGHT -- VII: WHEWELL ON NEWTON'S RULES OF PHILOSOPHIZING -- VIII: CLASSICAL EMPIRICISM. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828532403321 |
| [Toronto] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1970 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modeling reality [[electronic resource] ] : how computers mirror life / / Iwo Białynicki-Birula, Iwona Białynicka-Birula
| Modeling reality [[electronic resource] ] : how computers mirror life / / Iwo Białynicki-Birula, Iwona Białynicka-Birula |
| Autore | Białynicki-Birula Iwo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.01
530/.01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Białynicka-BirulaIwona |
| Soggetto topico |
Reality
Life Physics - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4356-0969-7
0-19-152399-2 1-280-90304-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 From building blocks to computers: Models and modeling; 2 The game of life: A legendary cellular automaton; 3 Heads or tails: Probability of an event; 4 Galton's board: Probability and statistics; 5 Twenty questions: Probability and information; 6 Snowflakes: The evolution of dynamical systems; 7 The Lorenz butterfly: Deterministic chaos; 8 From Cantor to Mandelbrot: Self-similarity and fractals; 9 Typing monkeys: Statistical linguistics; 10 The bridges of Königsberg: Graph theory; 11 Prisoner's dilemma: Game theory; 12 Let the best man win: Genetic algorithms
13 Computers can learn: Neural networks14 Unpredictable individuals: Modeling society; 15 Universal computer: The Turing machine; 16 Hal, R2D2, and Number 5: Artificial intelligence; Epilog; Programs; Further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465803003321 |
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 | ||
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Modeling reality [[electronic resource] ] : how computers mirror life / / Iwo Białynicki-Birula, Iwona Białynicka-Birula
| Modeling reality [[electronic resource] ] : how computers mirror life / / Iwo Białynicki-Birula, Iwona Białynicka-Birula |
| Autore | Białynicki-Birula Iwo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.01
530/.01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Białynicka-BirulaIwona |
| Soggetto topico |
Reality
Life Physics - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-4356-0969-7
0-19-152399-2 1-280-90304-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 From building blocks to computers: Models and modeling; 2 The game of life: A legendary cellular automaton; 3 Heads or tails: Probability of an event; 4 Galton's board: Probability and statistics; 5 Twenty questions: Probability and information; 6 Snowflakes: The evolution of dynamical systems; 7 The Lorenz butterfly: Deterministic chaos; 8 From Cantor to Mandelbrot: Self-similarity and fractals; 9 Typing monkeys: Statistical linguistics; 10 The bridges of Königsberg: Graph theory; 11 Prisoner's dilemma: Game theory; 12 Let the best man win: Genetic algorithms
13 Computers can learn: Neural networks14 Unpredictable individuals: Modeling society; 15 Universal computer: The Turing machine; 16 Hal, R2D2, and Number 5: Artificial intelligence; Epilog; Programs; Further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792248403321 |
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Białynicki-Birula Iwo
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modeling reality [[electronic resource] ] : how computers mirror life / / Iwo Białynicki-Birula, Iwona Białynicka-Birula
| Modeling reality [[electronic resource] ] : how computers mirror life / / Iwo Białynicki-Birula, Iwona Białynicka-Birula |
| Autore | Białynicki-Birula Iwo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.01
530/.01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Białynicka-BirulaIwona |
| Soggetto topico |
Reality
Life Physics - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-4356-0969-7
0-19-152399-2 1-280-90304-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 From building blocks to computers: Models and modeling; 2 The game of life: A legendary cellular automaton; 3 Heads or tails: Probability of an event; 4 Galton's board: Probability and statistics; 5 Twenty questions: Probability and information; 6 Snowflakes: The evolution of dynamical systems; 7 The Lorenz butterfly: Deterministic chaos; 8 From Cantor to Mandelbrot: Self-similarity and fractals; 9 Typing monkeys: Statistical linguistics; 10 The bridges of Königsberg: Graph theory; 11 Prisoner's dilemma: Game theory; 12 Let the best man win: Genetic algorithms
13 Computers can learn: Neural networks14 Unpredictable individuals: Modeling society; 15 Universal computer: The Turing machine; 16 Hal, R2D2, and Number 5: Artificial intelligence; Epilog; Programs; Further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819385003321 |
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Białynicki-Birula Iwo
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nature's capacities and their measurement [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy Cartwright
| Nature's capacities and their measurement [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy Cartwright |
| Autore | Cartwright Nancy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530/.01 |
| Soggetto topico |
Causality (Physics)
Probabilities Physics - Philosophy Quantum theory Econometrics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-159716-3
1-281-98101-X 9786611981013 0-19-151978-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. How to Get Causes from Probabilities""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. Determining Causal Structure""; ""1.3. Inus Conditions""; ""1.4. Causes and Probabilities in Linear Models""; ""1.5. Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Back Paths and the Identification of Causes""; ""2. No Causes In, No Causes Out""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2. Causes at Work in Mathematical Physics""; ""2.3. New Knowledge Requires Old Knowledge""; ""2.4. How Causal Reasoning Succeeds""; ""2.5. Discovering Causal Structure: Can the Hypothetico-Deductive Method Work?""; ""2.6. Conclusion""
""3. Singular Causes First""""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2. Where Singular Causes Enter""; ""3.3. When Causes Are Probabilistic""; ""3.4. More in Favour of Singular Causes""; ""3.5. Singular Causes In, Singular Causes Out""; ""3.6. Conclusion""; ""4. Capacities""; ""4.1. Introduction""; ""4.2. Why Should Increases in Probability Recur?""; ""4.3. Forecasting and the Stability of Capacities""; ""4.4. Beyond Modality""; ""4.5. Mill in Defence of Capacities""; ""4.6. Conclusion""; ""5. Abstract and Concrete""; ""5.1. Introduction""; ""5.2. Idealization and the Need for Capacities"" ""5.3. Abstractions versus Symbolic Representations""""5.4. What do Abstract Laws Say?""; ""5.5. Concreteness and Causal Structure""; ""5.6. Conclusion""; ""6. What Econometrics Can Teach Quantum Physics: Causality and the Bell Inequality""; ""6.1. Introduction""; ""6.2. Bell's Inequality""; ""6.3. A General Common-Cause Criterion for the EPR Experiment""; ""6.4. Quantum Realism and the Factorizability Condition""; ""6.5. A Common-Cause Model for EPR""; ""6.6. Quantum Mechanics and its Causal Structure""; ""6.7. Factorizability and the Propagation of Causes""; ""6.8. Conclusion"" ""Appendices""""I. A More General Common-Cause Model for EPR""; ""II. Do Quantum Causes Propagate?""; ""III. Propagation, Effect-Locality, and Completeness: A Comparison""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456132603321 |
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Cartwright Nancy
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| Oxford, : Clarendon Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nature's capacities and their measurement [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy Cartwright
| Nature's capacities and their measurement [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy Cartwright |
| Autore | Cartwright Nancy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530/.01 |
| Collana | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Soggetto topico |
Causality (Physics)
Probabilities Physics - Philosophy Quantum theory Econometrics |
| ISBN |
0-19-159716-3
1-281-98101-X 9786611981013 0-19-151978-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. How to Get Causes from Probabilities""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. Determining Causal Structure""; ""1.3. Inus Conditions""; ""1.4. Causes and Probabilities in Linear Models""; ""1.5. Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Back Paths and the Identification of Causes""; ""2. No Causes In, No Causes Out""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2. Causes at Work in Mathematical Physics""; ""2.3. New Knowledge Requires Old Knowledge""; ""2.4. How Causal Reasoning Succeeds""; ""2.5. Discovering Causal Structure: Can the Hypothetico-Deductive Method Work?""; ""2.6. Conclusion""
""3. Singular Causes First""""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2. Where Singular Causes Enter""; ""3.3. When Causes Are Probabilistic""; ""3.4. More in Favour of Singular Causes""; ""3.5. Singular Causes In, Singular Causes Out""; ""3.6. Conclusion""; ""4. Capacities""; ""4.1. Introduction""; ""4.2. Why Should Increases in Probability Recur?""; ""4.3. Forecasting and the Stability of Capacities""; ""4.4. Beyond Modality""; ""4.5. Mill in Defence of Capacities""; ""4.6. Conclusion""; ""5. Abstract and Concrete""; ""5.1. Introduction""; ""5.2. Idealization and the Need for Capacities"" ""5.3. Abstractions versus Symbolic Representations""""5.4. What do Abstract Laws Say?""; ""5.5. Concreteness and Causal Structure""; ""5.6. Conclusion""; ""6. What Econometrics Can Teach Quantum Physics: Causality and the Bell Inequality""; ""6.1. Introduction""; ""6.2. Bell's Inequality""; ""6.3. A General Common-Cause Criterion for the EPR Experiment""; ""6.4. Quantum Realism and the Factorizability Condition""; ""6.5. A Common-Cause Model for EPR""; ""6.6. Quantum Mechanics and its Causal Structure""; ""6.7. Factorizability and the Propagation of Causes""; ""6.8. Conclusion"" ""Appendices""""I. A More General Common-Cause Model for EPR""; ""II. Do Quantum Causes Propagate?""; ""III. Propagation, Effect-Locality, and Completeness: A Comparison""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780304103321 |
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Cartwright Nancy
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| Oxford, : Clarendon Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nature's capacities and their measurement [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy Cartwright
| Nature's capacities and their measurement [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy Cartwright |
| Autore | Cartwright Nancy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530/.01 |
| Collana | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Soggetto topico |
Causality (Physics)
Probabilities Physics - Philosophy Quantum theory Econometrics |
| ISBN |
0-19-159716-3
1-281-98101-X 9786611981013 0-19-151978-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. How to Get Causes from Probabilities""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. Determining Causal Structure""; ""1.3. Inus Conditions""; ""1.4. Causes and Probabilities in Linear Models""; ""1.5. Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Back Paths and the Identification of Causes""; ""2. No Causes In, No Causes Out""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2. Causes at Work in Mathematical Physics""; ""2.3. New Knowledge Requires Old Knowledge""; ""2.4. How Causal Reasoning Succeeds""; ""2.5. Discovering Causal Structure: Can the Hypothetico-Deductive Method Work?""; ""2.6. Conclusion""
""3. Singular Causes First""""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2. Where Singular Causes Enter""; ""3.3. When Causes Are Probabilistic""; ""3.4. More in Favour of Singular Causes""; ""3.5. Singular Causes In, Singular Causes Out""; ""3.6. Conclusion""; ""4. Capacities""; ""4.1. Introduction""; ""4.2. Why Should Increases in Probability Recur?""; ""4.3. Forecasting and the Stability of Capacities""; ""4.4. Beyond Modality""; ""4.5. Mill in Defence of Capacities""; ""4.6. Conclusion""; ""5. Abstract and Concrete""; ""5.1. Introduction""; ""5.2. Idealization and the Need for Capacities"" ""5.3. Abstractions versus Symbolic Representations""""5.4. What do Abstract Laws Say?""; ""5.5. Concreteness and Causal Structure""; ""5.6. Conclusion""; ""6. What Econometrics Can Teach Quantum Physics: Causality and the Bell Inequality""; ""6.1. Introduction""; ""6.2. Bell's Inequality""; ""6.3. A General Common-Cause Criterion for the EPR Experiment""; ""6.4. Quantum Realism and the Factorizability Condition""; ""6.5. A Common-Cause Model for EPR""; ""6.6. Quantum Mechanics and its Causal Structure""; ""6.7. Factorizability and the Propagation of Causes""; ""6.8. Conclusion"" ""Appendices""""I. A More General Common-Cause Model for EPR""; ""II. Do Quantum Causes Propagate?""; ""III. Propagation, Effect-Locality, and Completeness: A Comparison""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815742703321 |
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Cartwright Nancy
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| Oxford, : Clarendon Press | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The observational foundations of physics / Sir Alan Cook
| The observational foundations of physics / Sir Alan Cook |
| Autore | Cook, Alan H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 530/.01 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical physics
Physical measurements |
| ISBN | 9780521454506 |
| Classificazione | LC QC20 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003799959707536 |
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Cook, Alan H.
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| Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics
| Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics |
| Autore | Maudlin Tim |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.1
530.12 530/.01 |
| Collana | Aristotelian Society Monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
Bell, J. S
Philosophy Physics Quantum theory Relativity (Physics) Science Physics - Philosophy Physics - General Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-32261-X
9786611322618 0-470-70605-8 0-470-75216-5 0-470-75215-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics; Contents; Preface to First Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Introduction; 1 Bell's Theorem: The Price of Locality; 2 Relativity and Space-time Structure; 3 Finger Exercise: Superluminal Matter Transport; 4 Controlling the Connection: Signals; 5 Causation; 6 Secret Messages; 7 Points of View; 8 Life in Elastic Space-time; 9 Morals; An Overview of Quantum Mechanics; References; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145582103321 |
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Maudlin Tim
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| Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics
| Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics |
| Autore | Maudlin Tim |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina |
530.1
530.12 530/.01 |
| Collana | Aristotelian Society Monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
Bell, J. S
Philosophy Physics Quantum theory Relativity (Physics) Science Physics - Philosophy Physics - General Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
| ISBN |
1-281-32261-X
9786611322618 0-470-70605-8 0-470-75216-5 0-470-75215-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics; Contents; Preface to First Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Introduction; 1 Bell's Theorem: The Price of Locality; 2 Relativity and Space-time Structure; 3 Finger Exercise: Superluminal Matter Transport; 4 Controlling the Connection: Signals; 5 Causation; 6 Secret Messages; 7 Points of View; 8 Life in Elastic Space-time; 9 Morals; An Overview of Quantum Mechanics; References; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830908603321 |
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Maudlin Tim
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| Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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