If the sun burns you is that a force? Some definitional prerequisites for understanding newton's laws

Physics Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 234-238

  Hart, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 85006990672     PISSN: 00319120     EISSN: 13616552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/37/3/307     Document Type: Article

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