Can computer simulations replace real equipment in undergraduate laboratories?

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 790, Issue , 2005, Pages 101-104

  Finkelstein, N D ^a   Perkins, K K ^a   Adams, W ^a   Kohl, P ^a   Podolefsky, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 33749661375     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2084711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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