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Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks

From Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks
Date 2022-03-28 18:13 +0200
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On 2022-03-28 15:59:48 +0000, Ed Lake said:

> "Those who do know physics do physics research.
> "Those who don’t know physics do physics teaching.
> "Those who don’t know how to do teaching teach how to teach physics."
> 
> That quote is from a book of articles read at a 2009 conference about 
> physics that was held at the University of Leicester in England.

It's much older than that. At least, I heard a very similar proposition 
in the 1970s.


>  The key article is on page 31 and is titled "REPEATED ERRORS IN 
> PHYSICS TEXTBOOKS: WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT THE CULTURE OF TEACHING?"
> 
> This morning, someone sent me a link to a PDF copy of the book.  Here's 
> that link: 
> https://www.academia.edu/keypass/VlJja0dnZk1XM29UaE5jOTY4d0FYUXdIMHVUL0VlSHp4QUg1Y1ZvWTJoST0tLVhxS2pCWDNkbWlvRkFlWCtWNDEvMHc9PQ==--9d34e8e8609733ae9d01ed83c941a6776198bbb3/t/sV7gu-QeWEppP-bdz4aD/2984508/REPEATED_ERRORS_IN_PHYSICS_TEXTBOOKS_WHAT_DO_THEY_SAY_ABOUT_THE_CULTURE_OF_TEACHING 
> 
> 
> It certainly seems to explain why no two people on this forum seem to 
> agree on anything - except on who they disagree with the most.
> 
> Ed


-- 
Athel -- French and British, living mainly in England until 1987.

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Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-28 08:59 -0700
  Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-28 16:11 +0000
  Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2022-03-28 18:13 +0200
    Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-28 09:24 -0700
    Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2022-03-30 20:41 +0200
      Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2022-04-01 14:06 +0200
        Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2022-04-01 14:48 +0200
  Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2022-03-28 09:27 -0700
    Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-03-28 09:29 -0700
    Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-28 09:55 -0700
      Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-28 17:00 +0000
        Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-28 13:24 -0700
          Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-28 21:23 +0000
            Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-29 07:08 -0700
              Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-29 17:52 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-29 14:08 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-29 22:23 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-30 08:26 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-30 16:58 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-03-30 11:45 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-03-29 19:22 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-30 08:43 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-30 16:58 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-03-30 13:06 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-30 17:16 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-30 13:45 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-30 21:28 +0000
      Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Hewitt Bliss <wet@vcbcn.er> - 2022-03-28 17:01 +0000
      Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2022-03-28 11:56 -0700
        Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-28 13:27 -0700
          Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-28 21:23 +0000
          Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2022-03-28 14:39 -0700
            Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-29 07:24 -0700
              Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2022-03-29 12:57 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-29 14:17 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2022-03-29 15:02 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-30 08:12 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2022-03-30 09:38 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-30 10:16 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2022-03-30 10:38 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-03-30 16:27 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Richard Hachel <r.hachel@tiscali.fr> - 2022-03-30 23:39 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-03-31 15:34 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-30 14:03 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2022-03-30 14:55 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-31 08:56 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2022-03-31 09:39 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-31 09:48 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 16:46 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-31 09:55 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 17:05 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 14:10 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 13:52 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2022-03-30 19:03 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-31 09:41 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-03-31 15:56 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 13:13 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-04-01 18:52 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 21:52 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 14:04 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-31 14:23 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 21:54 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 22:02 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 15:09 -0700
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                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2022-03-31 14:20 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 14:55 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2022-03-30 10:56 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-30 18:30 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-03-30 14:43 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2022-03-30 12:01 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-03-30 16:49 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-03-30 13:51 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-30 14:18 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-03-30 20:05 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Ed Lake <detect@outlook.com> - 2022-03-31 09:34 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 16:56 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 11:21 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 18:52 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 12:43 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 20:19 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 22:00 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-04-01 01:21 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 23:26 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 13:00 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 07:13 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 15:20 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 09:20 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 16:32 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 10:12 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-04-01 15:23 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 13:11 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 20:27 +0000
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-04-01 14:33 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-04-01 16:26 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-04-01 17:01 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 21:51 -0700
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> - 2022-03-31 23:05 -0400
                Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2022-03-30 12:27 -0700
              Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Paparios <mrios@ing.puc.cl> - 2022-03-29 14:15 -0700
  Re: Repeated Errors in Physics Textbooks Hewitt Bliss <wet@vcbcn.er> - 2022-03-28 17:27 +0000

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