The Impact of Python Usage in the Teaching of Physics

Open Access

Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 365, 2026 BPU12 Congress – 12^th General Conferences of the Balkan Physical Union


Article Number		07011
Number of page(s)		9
Section		Physics Education, History and Philosophy of Physics
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636507011
Published online		15 April 2026

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