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The comprehensible cosmos: where do the laws of physics come from?
Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books (2006)
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What are the laws of physics? -- The stuff that kicks back -- Point-of-view invariance -- Gauging the laws of physics -- Forces and broken symmetries -- Playing dice -- After the bang -- Out of the void -- The comprehensible cosmos -- Models of reality.
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