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Balukovic, J., Slisko, J., & Corona Cruz, A. (2017). Thought Experiments in Teaching Free-Fall Weightlessness: A Critical Review and an Exploration of Mercury’s Behavior in “Falling Elevator”. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(5), 1283-1311. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00671a

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Balukovic J, Slisko J, Corona Cruz A. Thought Experiments in Teaching Free-Fall Weightlessness: A Critical Review and an Exploration of Mercury’s Behavior in “Falling Elevator”. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(5):1283-311. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00671a

AMA

Balukovic J, Slisko J, Corona Cruz A. Thought Experiments in Teaching Free-Fall Weightlessness: A Critical Review and an Exploration of Mercury’s Behavior in “Falling Elevator”. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(5), 1283-1311. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00671a

Chicago

Balukovic, Jasmina, Josip Slisko, and Adrián Corona Cruz. "Thought Experiments in Teaching Free-Fall Weightlessness: A Critical Review and an Exploration of Mercury’s Behavior in “Falling Elevator”". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 5 (2017): 1283-1311. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00671a

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Balukovic, J., Slisko, J., and Corona Cruz, A. (2017). Thought Experiments in Teaching Free-Fall Weightlessness: A Critical Review and an Exploration of Mercury’s Behavior in “Falling Elevator”. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(5), pp. 1283-1311. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00671a

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Balukovic, Jasmina et al. "Thought Experiments in Teaching Free-Fall Weightlessness: A Critical Review and an Exploration of Mercury’s Behavior in “Falling Elevator”". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 5, 2017, pp. 1283-1311. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00671a