Unit systems and the fundamental constants
โ Scribed by N. V. Studentsov
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 509 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0543-1972
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