I found this post much more interesting once I knew what the Crazy Old
Sea Captain Story actually was. If, like me, your education in stories
about sea captains has been sadly neglected, you can remedy that
situation by going to:
Don Polvani
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Undersea Systems
Annapolis, MD
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[mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Richard
Hake
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:14 PM
To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
Cc: math-learn@yahoogroups.com; CHEMED-L@MAILER.UWF.EDU
Subject: [Phys-l] Origin & Significance of the Crazy Old Sea Captain
Story
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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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.