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Publication Date: 2013-Jun
Pages: 2
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What's in a Symbol?
Leadstone, Stuart
School Science Review, v94 n349 p12-13 Jun 2013
This "Science Note" explores the new adaptation of Newton's Second Law of Motion, "F = ma." In older physics and applied mathematics textbooks this expression appears as "P = mf." The author examines why "f" is now favored over "a" and why practitioners write "P = mf" rather than "F = mf." (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Physics, Symbols (Mathematics), Mathematics, Textbooks, Kinetics, Mechanics (Physics), Motion, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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