Reinventing physics for life-sciences majors

Physics Today

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 38-43

  Meredith, Dawn C ^a   Redish, Edward F ^b  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

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EID: 84887472831     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.2046     Document Type: Article

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