The free fall of an apple: conceptual subtleties and implications for physics teaching

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The free fall of an apple : conceptual subtleties and implications for physics teaching. / Koch Torres Assis, André; Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo.

In: European Journal of Physics, Vol. 39, No. 3, 035003, 2018, p. 1-14.

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Harvard

Koch Torres Assis, A & Avelar Sotomaior Karam, R 2018, 'The free fall of an apple: conceptual subtleties and implications for physics teaching', European Journal of Physics, vol. 39, no. 3, 035003, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/aaa91d

APA

Koch Torres Assis, A., & Avelar Sotomaior Karam, R. (2018). The free fall of an apple: conceptual subtleties and implications for physics teaching. European Journal of Physics, 39(3), 1-14. [035003]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/aaa91d

Vancouver

Koch Torres Assis A, Avelar Sotomaior Karam R. The free fall of an apple: conceptual subtleties and implications for physics teaching. European Journal of Physics. 2018;39(3):1-14. 035003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/aaa91d

Author

Koch Torres Assis, André ; Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo. / The free fall of an apple : conceptual subtleties and implications for physics teaching. In: European Journal of Physics. 2018 ; Vol. 39, No. 3. pp. 1-14.

Bibtex

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