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Interactive cosmology visualization using the Hubble UltraDeep Field data in the classroom 在课堂上使用哈勃超深场数据的交互式宇宙学可视化

Astronomy Education Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-18 DOI: 10.32374/aej.2021.1.1.003

Liam Nolan, M. Mechtley, R. Windhorst, K. Knierman, T. Ashcraft, S. Cohen, S. Tompkins, L. Will

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A Historical Method Approach to Teaching Kepler’s 2nd law 用历史方法教授开普勒第二定律

Astronomy Education Journal Pub Date : 2020-11-24 DOI: 10.35542/osf.io/a5bqn

W. Lyra

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