Illustrating Physics with Ray-Traced Computer Graphics
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Illustrating Physics with Ray-Traced Computer Graphics
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عنوان ژورنال: The Physics Teacher
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0031-921X
DOI: 10.1119/1.2336141