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Geometrodynamics and the Problem of Motion

John A. Wheeler*

John A. Wheeler*

  • Palmer Physical Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

  • *On leave of absence at the Department of Physics and the Radiation Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, spring semester, 1960.
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Rev. Mod. Phys. 33, 63 – Published 1 January, 1961

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.33.63

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