Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 15, Issue 1, Article 4 (Jun., 2014)
Wheijen CHANG, Beverley BELL and Alister JONES
Historical development of Newton’s laws of motion and suggestions for teaching content

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