Re: [Phys-l] Bad physics in National park

["John Clement" <clement@hal-pc.org>]

Yeah, but don't try to change textbooks, or encyclopedias.  You may meet
with either a completely cold shoulder, or a polite reply that it will be
changed, but you know the request went into the circular file.  It took
several years to get a change in the Information Please almanac.

And if you try to tell a teacher that the text is wrong they will often
rebuff you.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX

,
> I would try to find the person responsible and speak with them.
>
> I have worked on some people to change presentations on the web, video,
> etc.  In some cases I've met little resistance and had good luck, when
> money was an issue I was rebuffed with "we'll fix it next time."  If
> someone's ego got squashed I was totally out of luck.
>
> Making the effort at change is never a 'lost cause'.  If we keep at it
> long enough, we can make sure that everyone 'gets it right'.