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Started by Donald E. Simanek
Fri, 05 May 1995 00:00
Re: physics problems
Author: Donald E. Simanek
Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 00:00
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On Fri, 5 May 1995, Matt Tuley wrote:
> Two good books for this are _Thinking Physics_ (blanking on author, don't know
> publisher, don't have it handy)
Surely you must mean Paul G. Hewitt!
> and the quickly-becoming-a-classic _Flying
> Circus of Physics, with Answers_ by Jearl Walker (published by John Wiley and
> Sons).
Walker's book ought to be in every teacher's library. But few of the
things in there lend themselves to problems students in introductory
physics courses could be expected to handle (IMO). The first edition of
Walker's book did not have answers, but only library and literature
references. The fact that the publisher thought it necessary to add short
answers testifies to the fact that the answers are not that easy and
certainly not always obvious, even to those who know physics quite well.
To pose them to students as homeowrk might be intimidating. To urge them
to read the book and learn from it is entirely appropriate, and most
students find it fascinating.
I like to haunt used-book sales, and have found many out-of-print books
of great merit. One is:
Julius Sumner Miller _Millergrams_ (paperback)
-- Donald
Re: physics problems
Author: Matt Tuley
Date: Sat, 06 May 1995 00:00
Date: Sat, 06 May 1995 00:00
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In article <Pine.A32.3.91.950505210130.14445D-100000@eagle.lhup.edu> "Donald E. Simanek" <dsimanek@EAGLE.LHUP.EDU> writes:
>On Fri, 5 May 1995, Matt Tuley wrote:
>> Two good books for this are _Thinking Physics_ (blanking on author, don't know
>> publisher, don't have it handy)
>Surely you must mean Paul G. Hewitt!
Um, nope. :) That's _Conceptual Physics_. _Thinking Physics_ is a sort
of a "low-budget" paperback (though, if I'm going to use a movie analogy,
"independent production" would be more apt). It's a great book, and I can
see the guys photo on the back of the book plain as day (in my mind, that
is) but can't recall his name. I'll check when I get back to school on
Monday.
>> and the quickly-becoming-a-classic _Flying
>> Circus of Physics, with Answers_ by Jearl Walker (published by John Wiley
>>and Sons).
>Walker's book ought to be in every teacher's library. But few of the
>things in there lend themselves to problems students in introductory
>physics courses could be expected to handle (IMO). The first edition of
>Walker's book did not have answers, but only library and literature
>references. The fact that the publisher thought it necessary to add short
>answers testifies to the fact that the answers are not that easy and
>certainly not always obvious, even to those who know physics quite well.
>To pose them to students as homeowrk might be intimidating. To urge them
>to read the book and learn from it is entirely appropriate, and most
>students find it fascinating.
Good points. Some of the physics questions in there are, in fact, killer.
But there are quite a few that I think would be okay to ask, perhaps for a few
extra points... for an honors class... Okay okay. But every teacher should
have this.
Matt Tuley tuley@csn.org
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