TY - BOOK AU - Balashov,Yuri TI - Persistence and spacetime SN - 9780191722899 (ebook) : AV - BD632 U1 - 115 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Space and time KW - Special relativity (Physics) KW - Generalized spaces N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - How do material objects persist through time and survive change? Are they three-dimensional entities extended in space, or are they four-dimensional spacetime 'worms'? Balashov shows how the theory of relativity supports four-dimensionalism and in so doing illuminates a wide range of metaphysical issues UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199579921.001.0001 ER -