Measuring air resistance in a computerized laboratory

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 709-711

  Takahashi, Ken ^a,b   Thompson, D ^a,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0033433604     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19356     Document Type: Article

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