Rocking Newton's cradle

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1508-1516

  Hutzler, Stefan ^a   Delaney, Gary ^a   Weaire, Denis ^a   MacLeod, Finn ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 10844286373     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1783898     Document Type: Article

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