Transforming astrophysics in a planetarium: 'We are part of the Universe, the Universe is part of us'

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Transforming astrophysics in a planetarium : 'We are part of the Universe, the Universe is part of us'. / Nicolaisen, Line; Achiam, Marianne; Ibsen, Tina.

Experimental Museology: Institutions, Representations, Users. ed. / Marianne Achiam; Michael Haldrup; Kirsten Drotner. 1. ed. Routledge, 2021. p. 167-183.

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Harvard

Nicolaisen, L, Achiam, M & Ibsen, T 2021, Transforming astrophysics in a planetarium: 'We are part of the Universe, the Universe is part of us'. in M Achiam, M Haldrup & K Drotner (eds), Experimental Museology: Institutions, Representations, Users. 1 edn, Routledge, pp. 167-183. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367808433

APA

Nicolaisen, L., Achiam, M., & Ibsen, T. (2021). Transforming astrophysics in a planetarium: 'We are part of the Universe, the Universe is part of us'. In M. Achiam, M. Haldrup, & K. Drotner (Eds.), Experimental Museology: Institutions, Representations, Users (1 ed., pp. 167-183). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367808433

Vancouver

Nicolaisen L, Achiam M, Ibsen T. Transforming astrophysics in a planetarium: 'We are part of the Universe, the Universe is part of us'. In Achiam M, Haldrup M, Drotner K, editors, Experimental Museology: Institutions, Representations, Users. 1 ed. Routledge. 2021. p. 167-183 https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367808433

Author

Nicolaisen, Line ; Achiam, Marianne ; Ibsen, Tina. / Transforming astrophysics in a planetarium : 'We are part of the Universe, the Universe is part of us'. Experimental Museology: Institutions, Representations, Users. editor / Marianne Achiam ; Michael Haldrup ; Kirsten Drotner. 1. ed. Routledge, 2021. pp. 167-183

Bibtex

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