The concept of mass

Physics Today

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 31-36

  Okun, Lev B ^a  

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EID: 84953677607     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: 19450699     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.881171     Document Type: Article

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