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ERIC Number: EJ520603
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
What's Wrong in the Nine Most Popular Texts.
Sawicki, Mikolaj
Physics Teacher, v34 n3 p147-49 Mar 1996
Presents an analysis of the treatment of Newton's Laws and relativistic mass in the nine most popular college physics textbooks. Concludes that only two textbooks give a correct interpretation of relativistic mass and only a single text gives a correct discussion of Newton's First Law. (JRH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Misconceptions, Physics, Science Instruction, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks, Weight (Mass)
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Newton Laws of Motion