The self-propulsion of microscopic organisms through liquids

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DOI10.1098/rspa.1953.0048zbMath0050.19302OpenAlexW2153411030MaRDI QIDQ5818080

G. J. Hancock

Publication date: 1953

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1953.0048



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