Illustrative example of Feynman's rest of the universe

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Han, D ^a   Kim, Y S ^b   Noz, Marilyn E ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033476639     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19192     Document Type: Article

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