Re: force

[John Mallinckrodt <ajmallinckro@CSUPomona.Edu>]

On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Roger A. Pruitt wrote:

> John Mallinckrodt wrote:
>
> (snip) 
>
> > Accordingly, I have begun writing a text that returns to a practice that
> > was once fairly common--a thorough study of statics before any serious
> > look at accelerated motion.  
>
> (snip)
>
> How would you feel about starting with the concept of force? Is there
> anything sacrosant about starting with kinematics other than that is the
> way beginning textbooks always start.

Maybe my description didn't make it clear enough that this is precisely
what I AM doing.  My arguments were intended to reveal what I also
perceive as some major pitfalls of starting with kinematics. 

John
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