At the Limit: Introducing Energy with Human Senses

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At the Limit: Introducing Energy with Human Senses . / Stinken, Lisa; Carmesin, Hans-Otto; Heusler, Stefan.
in: The Physics Teacher, Jahrgang 54, Nr. 9, 01.12.2016, S. 552-555.

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Stinken L, Carmesin HO, Heusler S. At the Limit: Introducing Energy with Human Senses . The Physics Teacher. 2016 Dez 1;54(9):552-555. doi: 10.1119/1.4967897

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