Student understanding of symmetry and Gauss's law of electricity

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 923-936

  Singh, Chandralekha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 33749548258     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2238883     Document Type: Article

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