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Millikan Lecture 2009: Physics for all: From special needs to Olympiads
Arthur Eisenkraft
Arthur Eisenkraft
University of Massachusetts Boston
, Boston, Massachusetts 02125-3393
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Am. J. Phys. 78, 328–337 (2010)
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Received:
November 11 2009
Accepted:
December 23 2009
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Arthur Eisenkraft; Millikan Lecture 2009: Physics for all: From special needs to Olympiads. Am. J. Phys. 1 April 2010; 78 (4): 328–337. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3293130
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