Newton's first law revisited

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-64

  Pfister, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desargues configuration; Free particles; Inertial systems; Newton's first law; Projective geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642532455     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FOPL.0000013003.96640.79     Document Type: Article

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