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Publication Date: 1980-Dec
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The Two Maps: Oersted Medal Response at the Joint American Physical Society--American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting, Chicago, 22 January 1980.
Holton, Gerald
American Journal of Physics, v48 n12 p1014-19 Dec 1980
Using the example of Hans Christian Oersted's (1777-1851) discovery that magnetic fields surround currents as a focal point, it suggests, by using different historical examples, that science and history be brought together in a kind of conjunction for scholarly research and classroom purposes, for both scientists and nonscientists. (SK)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, History, Physics, Science Education, Science History, Scientists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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