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ERIC Number: EJ563197
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
Solutions To the Problem of Impact in the 17th and 18th Centuries and Teaching Newton's Third Law Today.
Gauld, Colin
Science and Education, v7 n1 p49-67 Jan 1998
Compares the ideas of young people about Newton's third law, focusing on youth of today and youth of the 17th and 18th centuries. Examines the use of Newton's third law in understanding impact phenomena in the 17th and 18th centuries. Contains 46 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Misconceptions, Motion, Physics, Science History, Scientists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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