Extending the application of the relativity principle: Some pedogogical advantages

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 328-335

  Galili, Igal ^a   Kaplan, Dov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0031484170     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18541     Document Type: Article

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