A dunking bird of the second kind

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 782-785

  Abraham, Nadine ^a   Palffy Muhoray, Peter ^b  

^a Western Reserve Academy   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2642552879     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1703543     Document Type: Article

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