A primer on work-energy relationships for introductory physics

Physics Teacher

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-16

  Mungan, Carl E ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

01.40Gb; 46.04A; 46.05B

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006489366     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1845983     Document Type: Article

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