Teaching measurement and uncertainty the GUM way

Physics Teacher

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 539-543

  Buffler, Andy ^a   Allie, Saalih ^a   Lubben, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85006873341     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3023655     Document Type: Article

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