From Pythagoras to Sauveur: Tracing the history of ideas about the nature of sound

Physics Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Caleon, Imelda S ^a   Subramaniam, R ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 34249302073     PISSN: 00319120     EISSN: 13616552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/42/2/007     Document Type: Article

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