[Phys-l] Origin & Significance of the Crazy Old Sea Captain Story

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Physics, chemistry, and mathematics educators may be interested in a 
recent post "Origin & Significance of the Crazy Old Sea Captain 
Story"" [Hake (2008)].

The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT:  As of 13 February 2008 there had been 34 responses to my 
post of 8 Feb 2008 "The Crazy Old Sea Captain - A Parable of 
Science?" Three questions and arguable answers that emerge regarding 
the Crazy Sea Captain Story (CSCS) are:
(1) Is the CSCS a parable of science? NO.
(2) Is the CSCS a parable of some aspect of human behavior? YES.
(3) What is the origin of the CSCS? UNKNOWN.
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To access the entire 34 kB post please click on <http://tinyurl.com/yqbr4m>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>


REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2008. "Origin & Significance of the Crazy Old Sea Captain 
Story," online on the OPEN AERA-L archives at 
<http://tinyurl.com/yqbr4m>. Post of 14 Feb 2008 14:05:38-0800 to 
AERA-L and PhysLrnR.