Reports on the efforts of a group of English Universities which formed the Science in Social Context (SISCON) project in an attempt to incorporate social considerations into science courses. Argues for the validity of such efforts by finding shortcomings with present science disciplines. (CP)

Describes a curriculum which incorporates societal considerations into the study of physics. (CP)

Reports on a one day conference on experimental physics in school and university. States opinions of some of the participants who felt that practical rather than theoretical work should be stressed. (CP)

Describes an attempt to plot the walking speeds of crowds as a Maxwellian velocity distribution in one dimension, analagous to an ideal gas approximation. (CP)

Describes the steps in writing a computer program to solve radioactive decay problems by a digital method. (CP)

Summarizes undergraduate and graduate physics courses offered in over 140 institutions in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland involving course structures, branches of research, admission requirements, and optional possibilities. The material is useful to physics teachers, career advisors, and interested students. (CC)

Summarizesundergraduate and graduate physics courses offered in 16 institutions in Scotland, involving course structures, branches of research, admission requirements and o ptional possibilities. The material is useful to physics teachers, career advisors, and students who are interested in the field. (CC)

Summarizes the physics courses offered at the College of Technology in Eire, involving thecourse structure, optional subjects, and research fields. Included is the address for further information. (CC)

Summarizes the undergraduate and graduate physics courses offered in eight medical colleges, involving course structures, admission requirements and research branches. The material is useful to physics teachers, career advisors and students who are interested in the field. (CC)

Discusses the importance and difficulties of teaching basic quantum theory. Presents a discussion of wave-particle duality, indeterminacy, the nature of a quantized state of a system, and the exclusion principle. (MLH)

States that the major problem in learning quantum mechanics is often the student's ignorance of classical mechanics and that one conceptual hurdle in quantum mechanics is its statistical nature, in contrast to the determinism of classical mechanics. (MLH)