Unpacking the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram: A Social Semiotic Analysis of the Disciplinary and Pedagogical Affordances of a Central Resource in Astronomy
By: John Airey and Urban Eriksson
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/dfl.137 | Journal eISSN: 2001-7480
Language: English
Page range: 99 - 107
Submitted on: Feb 27, 2019
Accepted on: May 13, 2019
Published on: Aug 16, 2019
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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