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Re: A short survey.



What's new is the degree of preparation (lack thereof).

bc


Jack Uretsky wrote:

Long ago I posted a quote from the early 'thirties by J, C, Slater (or
maybe it was Slater and Frank) commenting that MIT students were deficient
in their abilities to set up equations. The quote is from the
introduction to a book on introductory physics for Freshmen.

So what's new?
Regards,
Jack

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