Kinetic energy and the equivalence principle

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 409-413

  Carlip, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032380015     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18885     Document Type: Article

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