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020 _a9781402035258
082 _a531.324
_bMat
100 _aMatthews, Michael R. (Ed)
245 4 _aThe Pendulum
_b: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical And Educational Perspectives
260 _aLondon
_bSpringer
_c2005
300 _avii; 542p.
_b6.5x9.5
_chb
520 _aThe pendulum is a universal topic in primary and secondary schools, but its full potential for learning about physics, the nature of science, and the relationships between science, mathematics, technology, society and culture is seldom realised. Contributions to this 32-chapter anthology deal with the science, history, methodology and pedagogy of pendulum motion. There is ample material for the richer and more cross-disciplinary treatment of the pendulum from elementary school to high school, and through to advanced university classes. Scientists will value the studies on the physics of the pendulum; historians will appreciate the detailed treatment of Galileo, Huygens, Newton and Foucault’s pendulum investigations; psychologists and educators will learn from the papers on Piaget; teachers will welcome the many contributions to pendulum pedagogy. All readers will come away with a new awareness of the importance of the pendulum in the foundation and development of modern science; and for its centrality in so many facets of society and culture.
546 _aENG
650 _aPendulum
650 _aPendulum-History
700 _aGauld, Colin F. (Ed)
700 _aStinner, Arthur (Ed)
942 _cBK
999 _c71502
_d71502