Life at low Reynolds number

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  • Language
    English
  • DOI (url)
    10.1119/1.10903
  • Publication Date
    1977/01/01
  • Journal
    American Journal of Physics
  • Indian UGC (journal)
  • Citations
    2,706
  • E. M. Purcell Lyman Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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Purcell, E. M. “Life at Low Reynolds Number”. American Journal of Physics, vol. 45, no. 1, 1977, pp. 3-11, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10903.
Purcell, E. M. (1977). Life at low Reynolds number. American Journal of Physics, 45(1), 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10903
Purcell, E. M. “Life at Low Reynolds Number”. American Journal of Physics 45, no. 1 (1977): 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10903.
Purcell EM. Life at low Reynolds number. American Journal of Physics. 1977;45(1):3-11.
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