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‘Work’ and ‘Heat’: on a road towards thermodynamics

P. H. van Roon Centre for Science and Mathematics Education, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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H. F. van Sprang Centre for Science and Mathematics Education, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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A. H. Verdonk Centre for Science and Mathematics Education, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Pages 131-144 | Published online: 23 Feb 2007

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