What is mass?

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-242

  Roche, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; GRAVITATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOTION CONTROL; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ATOMISM; NEWTONIAN CONCEPT; PRIMIGENIAL PARTICLES; RELATIVISTIC MASS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

EID: 15744383415     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/26/2/002     Document Type: Article

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