John Roche 2005 Eur. J. Phys. 26 225 doi:10.1088/0143-0807/26/2/002
John Roche
Show affiliationsEfforts after Newton to reform the concept of mass have not been entirely successful. The unitary Newtonian concept has now fragmented into various 'masses', including inertial mass, active gravitational mass and passive gravitational mass. This paper attempts to clarify the concept of mass.
Issue 2 (March 2005)
Received 4 June 2004, in final form 22 November 2004
Published 11 January 2005
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