Comments on: The Make-Believe World of Real-World Physics (Eric Mazur) http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/26/the-make-believe-world-of-real-world-physics-eric-mazur/ explorations and inspirations... in how we learn science Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/26/the-make-believe-world-of-real-world-physics-eric-mazur/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Ben Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:54:27 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=322#comment-312 At first glance, I thought it was a picture of a guy trying to dribble a basketball. It doesn't communicate the time dimension very effectively at all, mushing it together with the space dimension. At first glance, I thought it was a picture of a guy trying to dribble a basketball. It doesn’t communicate the time dimension very effectively at all, mushing it together with the space dimension.

]]> By: sciencegeekgirl http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/26/the-make-believe-world-of-real-world-physics-eric-mazur/comment-page-1/#comment-318 sciencegeekgirl Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:25:34 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=322#comment-318 I chose "B" too! Guilty as charged -- I didn't think about my experience, just about the model that I have of parabolic motion. I chose “B” too! Guilty as charged — I didn’t think about my experience, just about the model that I have of parabolic motion.

]]> By: Simon http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/26/the-make-believe-world-of-real-world-physics-eric-mazur/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Simon Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:33:15 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=322#comment-317 A colleague showed me Mazur's 'dropping ball' example having been at his talk last week.... I chose 'B'; should I be worried :-) By the way, I can't wait to try it out on my own colleagues A colleague showed me Mazur’s ‘dropping ball’ example having been at his talk last week….

I chose ‘B’; should I be worried :-)

By the way, I can’t wait to try it out on my own colleagues

]]> By: Jim http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/26/the-make-believe-world-of-real-world-physics-eric-mazur/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Jim Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:29:52 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=322#comment-315 As the "real live physics professor" to whom you refer in this post, I want to thank you for noting my spouse, Nin Andrews' Dear Professor collection. She (we) were thrilled to learn that Dr. Mazur had used it in his lecture. I am now very sorry to have missed the meeting and that talk. Thank you for posting a summary. To where can we send you a complimentary copy of the book? As the “real live physics professor” to whom you refer in this post, I want to thank you for noting my spouse, Nin Andrews’ Dear Professor collection. She (we) were thrilled to learn that Dr. Mazur had used it in his lecture. I am now very sorry to have missed the meeting and that talk. Thank you for posting a summary. To where can we send you a complimentary copy of the book?

]]> By: Ben http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/26/the-make-believe-world-of-real-world-physics-eric-mazur/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Ben Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:35:46 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=322#comment-313 Exactly - I've always found diagrams to be pretty useless. Now, on line simulations, of Brownian motion, for example, can be much more informative. Exactly – I’ve always found diagrams to be pretty useless. Now, on line simulations, of Brownian motion, for example, can be much more informative.

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