Tag: Education

• Are We Afraid to Teach Truly Exciting Science?

  I’ve heard it said that the answer to any headline asking a yes-or-no question is “no”, and this post is probably no different. Let’s try a different question: why in general do introductory physics classes, whether in high school or college, neglect physics since about 1900? Even if relativity (first proposed in 1905) and quantum…

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 16, 2011

  Astronomy, Physics, and Related Fields, Personal Musings

  Education, Quantum Mechanics