Of flying frogs and levitrons

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-313

  Berry, M V ^a   Geim, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001389022     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/18/4/012     Document Type: Article

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