Resource Letter EPGA-1: The education of physics graduate assistants

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 502-512

  Jossem, E Leonard ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

01.30.R; 01.40

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003698782     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: 19432909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19494     Document Type: Article

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