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Pythagorean and Platonic Conceptions in XXth Century Physics

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Pythagoreanism: the syncretistic philosophy, expounded by Pythagoras, chiefly distinguished by its description of reality in terms of arithmetical relationships. [‘American Heritage’ dictionary of the English language]

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    Yuyal Ne’eman

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Ne’eman, Y. (2010). Pythagorean and Platonic Conceptions in XXth Century Physics. In: Alon, N., Bourgain, J., Connes, A., Gromov, M., Milman, V. (eds) Visions in Mathematics. Modern Birkhäuser Classics. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0422-2_14

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