A new multimedia resource for teaching quantum mechanics concepts

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-153

  Kohnle, Antje ^a   Cassettari, Donatella ^a   Edwards, Tom J ^a   Ferguson, Callum ^a   Gillies, Alastair D ^a   Hooley, Christopher A ^a   Korolkova, Natalia ^a   Llama, Joseph ^a   Sinclair, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856154183     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3657800     Document Type: Article

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