The nature of science and its implications for physics textbooks: The case of classical magnetic field theory

Science and Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3-5, 2005, Pages 321-328

  Guisasola, Jenaro ^a,c   Almudí, José M ^a   Furió, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Escuela Universitaria Politecnica   (Spain)

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EID: 23844470106     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-004-7936-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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