Bringing atoms into first-year physics

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1045-1050

  Chabay, Ruth W ^a   Sherwood, Bruce A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033261475     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19180     Document Type: Article

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