Falling cats, parallel parking, and polarized light
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Publication:720543
DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(03)00062-5zbMath1222.81182WikidataQ56830510 ScholiaQ56830510MaRDI QIDQ720543
Publication date: 17 October 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)
Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum optics (81V80) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)
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