History of Physics and Educational Topics

Presentations

• On the Late Invention of the Gyroscope

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 1:30 PM – April 1, 2012, 1:42 PM

  Authors

  • Kenneth Brecher

    Boston University

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• Sommerfeld's balancing act with Einstein: The geometry of relativistic velocity space

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 1:42 PM – April 1, 2012, 1:54 PM

  Authors

  • Felix T. Smith

    SRI International

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• Francis Perrin's 1939 Analysis of Uranium Criticality

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 1:54 PM – April 1, 2012, 2:06 PM

  Authors

  • Cameron Reed

    Alma College

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• Babson, Bahnson, the DeWitts and the General Relativity Renaissance

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 2:06 PM – April 1, 2012, 2:18 PM

  Authors

  • Hamilton Carter

    New Mexico State University

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• Who was Christine Shack?

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 2:18 PM – April 1, 2012, 2:30 PM

  Authors

  • Ronald E. Mickens

    Physics Department, Clark Atlanta University, The Center of Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Fisk University, Clark Atlanta University

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• Black Holes: are they as real as we think?

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 2:30 PM – April 1, 2012, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • J.R. Laubenstein

    Northern Illinois University (alumni)

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• Online and Blended Climate Change Courses for Secondary School Educators from the American Museum of Natural History

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 2:42 PM – April 1, 2012, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Robert Steiner

    American Museum of Natural History

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• Learning Physics from the Real World by Direct Observation

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 2:54 PM – April 1, 2012, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Saami J. Shaibani

    Instruction Methods, Academics \& Advanced Scholarship (IMAAS)

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• Teaching the Maxwell and Dirac Equations in the Same Algebra

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 3:06 PM – April 1, 2012, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • Gene McClellan

    None

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