Solving Wigner's mystery: the reasonable (though perhaps limited) effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences
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DOI10.1007/BF02985373zbMATH Open1194.00024OpenAlexW2088698870WikidataQ55899062 ScholiaQ55899062MaRDI QIDQ976298FDOQ976298
Publication date: 17 June 2010
Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02985373
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