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- ↑ Curriculum Vitae Greg Gbur, Full Professor, UNC Charlotte
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- ↑ Greg Gbur: Profile The International Society of Optics and Photonics
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- ↑ Alea Iacta Est! The Giant's Shoulders: A monthly blog carnival about classic science papers
- ↑ Skulls in the Stars The intersection of physics, optics, history and pulp fiction
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- ↑ G. Gbur, “Mpemba’s baffling discovery,” in Best Science Writing Online 2012, J. Ouellette and B. Zivkovic, eds. (Scientific American, New York, 2012), 108.
- ↑ Review of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide by Sarah Boon in Medium, December 1, 2018
- ↑ Publications Greg Gbur, Dept of Physics & Optical Science, UNC Charlotte
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