Episode 35: Physics and Relationalism: An Interview with Julian Barbour
The Theory of Anything
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Is the Point Particle Really a Point?
When newton created dynamics, he tolkedbout dies. And then within a few decades, mathematicians like oiler and others had idealized that t to talk about point sized bodies and point particles. So i wouldn't say that er, the point particle, that the particles are exactly points, is truly significant. The really, much more important thing is is the ratios. That is, wee talk about pure numbers. Thank you.
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