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[1] Included as part of the
teaching of Newtonian mechanics are an appreciation of its historical
position, its limitations as an early model, and anticipatory glimpses of
its successors. [2] But I don't think we should teach modern physics
as if GR
and QM sprang from nothing yesterday. [3] We owe it to our students
and to
Newton, Lagrange, Euler, et al to give the Newtonian model a full
hearing on
its own merits and limitations. [4] This is how our race came to GR
and QM;
give modern students a chance at the same fulfilling experience.