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Bukley, A., Paloski, W., Clément, G. (2007). Physics of Artificial Gravity. In: Clément, G., Bukley, A. (eds) Artificial Gravity. The Space Technology Library, vol 20. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-70714-X_2

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