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There is a fascinating book, Powers of Ten [1],in which the reader is invited to take part in a journey through the spatial structure of the universe in scaling steps of factor 10 (from 1025m to 10−16m). It is like repeatedly asking the question: “What is the structure I see made of? Let us look closer”, and again we press the enlargement button. Where the journey stops, or whether it has to stop at all, is not yet clear from physical principles.
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Mahler, G. (1994). Temporal Bell Inequalities: A Journey to the Limits of “Consistent Histories”. In: Atmanspacher, H., Dalenoort, G.J. (eds) Inside Versus Outside. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 63. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48647-0_11
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