Best Possible Worlds and Random Walks: The Principle of Least Action as a Thought Experiment

MCMP – Philosophy of Physics by MCMP Team

Apr 11, 201800:33:04Society & Culture

Michael Stöltzner (South Carolina) gives a talk at the Irvine-Munich Workshop on the Foundations of Classical and Quantum Field Theories (14 December, 2014) titled "Best Possible Worlds and Random Walks: The Principle of...

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