The pendulum [electronic resource] : scientific, historical, philosophical and educationa perspectives / edited by Michael R. Matthews, Colin F. Gauld, and Arthur Stinner

Published:: Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, [2005]
Copyright Date:: ©2005
Physical Description:: 1 volume
Additional Creators:: Matthews, Michael R., Gauld, Colin F., Stinner, Arthur, and SpringerLink (Online service)

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Part 1 -- The Pendulum: Its Place in Science, Culture and Pedagogy / Michael Matthews, Colin Gauld, Arthur Stinner -- Part 2 -- The Pendulum in the 21st Century-Relic or Trendsetter / Randall Peters -- The Pendulum: A Paradigm for the Linear Oscillator / Ronald Newburgh -- Introduction to the Treatment of Non-Linear Effects Using a Gravitational Pendulum / Klaus Weltner, Antonio Esperidiao, Roberto Andrade, Paulo Miranda -- Experimental Control of Simple Pendulum Model / Cesar Medina, Sandra Velazco, Julia Salinas -- Soup-can Pendulum / Randall Peters -- What Makes the Foucault Pendulum Move among the Stars? / Norman Phillips -- Part 3 -- Galileo and the Pendulum: Latching on to Time / Peter Machamer, Brian Hepburn -- The Treatment of Cycloidal Pendulum Motion in Newton's / Colin Gauld -- Pendulums, Pedagogy, and Matter: Lessons from the Editing of Newton's / Zvi Biener, Chris Smeenk -- Part 3 -- The Treatment of the Motion of a Simple Pendulum in Some Early 18th Century Newtonian Textbooks / Colin Gauld -- Newton's Path to Universal Gravitation: The Role of the Pendulum / Pierre Boulos -- Leon Foucault: His Life, Times and Achievements / Amir Aczel -- The Pendulum: From Constrained Fall to the Concept of Potential / Fabio Bevilacqua, Lidia Falomo, Lucio Fregonese, Enrico Giannetto, Franco Giudice, Paolo Mascheretti -- Part 4 -- Idealisation and Galileo's Pendulum Discoveries: Historical, Philosophical and Pedagogical Considerations / Michael Matthews -- Pendula, Models, Constructivism and Reality / Robert Nola -- The Poet and the Pendulum / Louis Rosenblatt -- Methodology and Politics: A Proposal to Teach the Structuring Ideas of the Philosophy of Science through the Pendulum / Agustin Aduriz-Bravo -- Degree of Influence on Perception of Belief and Social Setting: Its Relevance to Understanding Pendulum Motion / Dennis Lomas -- Part 5 -- Piaget and the Pendulum / Trevor Bond -- Part 5 -- What the Pendulum Can Tell Educators about Children's Scientific Reasoning / Erin Stafford -- Pendulum Phenomena and the Assessment of Scientific Inquiry Capabilities / Zachos Paul -- Roles of Abductive Reasoning and Prior Belief in Children's Generation of Hypotheses about Pendulum Motion / Yong-Ju Kwon, Jin-Su Jeong, Yun-Bok Park -- Types of Two-Dimensional Pendulums and Their Uses in Education / Robert Whitaker -- The Pendulum as a Vehicle for Transitioning from Classical to Quantum Physics: History, Quantum Concepts, and Educational Challenges / Marianne Barnes, James Garner, David Reid -- Analyzing Dynamic Pendulum Motion in an Interactive Online Environment Using Flash / Cathy Ezrailson, G. Allen, Cathleen Loving -- Pendulum Activities in the Israeli Physics Curriculum: Used and Missed Opportunities / Igal Galili, David Sela -- The Pendulum as Presented in School Science Textbooks of Greece and Cyprus / Dimitris Koliopoulos, Costas Constantinou -- The Public Understanding of Pendulum Motion: From 5 to 88 Years Old / Manabu Sumida -- Using Excel to Simulate Pendulum Motion and Maybe Understand Calculus a Little Better / Michael Fowler -- Part 5 -- Teaching Cultural History from Primary Events / Robert Carson -- Pendulums in The Physics Education Literature: A Bibliography / Colin Gauld

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9781402035265

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Description based on print version record.
Partly reprinted from Science & Education Vol 13, nos. 4-5 and 7-8.
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Electronic reproduction. Berlin : Springer, 2005. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Available via SpringerLink.

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