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Autor:
Eugene Hecht
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Physics. 89:683-692
Physics textbooks generally present the equation for universal gravitation as if it sprang fully formed from the head of Isaac Newton, which it most certainly did not. This analysis traces the development of Classical/Newtonian gravity as it evolved
Autor:
Eugene Hecht
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Physics. 88:252-256
Autor:
Eugene Hecht
Publikováno v:
The Physics Teacher. 59:27-29
In recent years, there have been a number of articles published concerning whether or not potential energy (PE) as defined in mechanics is invariant under Galilean transformation. This essay addresses that issue in a different, more fundamental and e
Autor:
Eugene Hecht
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Physics. 87:495-503
A study of physics textbooks from the 1860s up to the present reveals shortcomings of our contemporary approach to teaching the concept of energy. In response, this paper offers a coordinated set of conceptual definitions of force, work, and energy,
Autor:
Eugene Hecht
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Physics. 87:176-185
The concept of gravity came into being in ancient times as a terrestrial concern associated with the practicalities of “weight.” A great leap forward came in the early 1600s with the important theoretical speculations of Johannes Kepler. This art
Autor:
Eugene Hecht
Das Standardwerk der Optik seit über 25 Jahren: LeserInnen schätzen dieses Lehrbuch vor allem wegen seines ausgewogenen didaktischen Konzepts. Leicht verständlich erklärt es die Mathematik der Wellenbewegung und behandelt ausführlich sowohl klas
Autor:
Eugene Hecht
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Physics. 86:797-800
Autor:
Eugene Hecht
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Physics. 85:115-123
The technical concept of “mass” is traced from its medieval origins in theology up to, but not including, Newton's Principia. Building on the advances of the Middle Ages, Kepler conceived, albeit in rudimentary form, the fundamental physical idea
Autor:
Eugene Hecht
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Physics. 86:237-239