Re: about the LIST OF TEXTBOOK MISCONCEPTIONS

["Ian Macdonald" <imacdonald@swin.edu.au>]

> >                  A LIST OF TEXTBOOK MISCONCEPTIONS
> >                *************************************
> >
> > 1) The Physics of Flight: It's Newton not Bernoulli.
> >
> > 2) The green house effect: suppression of convection is the main factor.
> >
> > 3) Capacitors in series: the equilibrated charges are not equal in the
> >    dc circuits.
> >
> > 4) Melting of ice under skating blades is not due to high pressure.
>   5) Coriolis effect makes the toilet water go round and round
>
>   6) Deans know what they are doing at least some of the time
>
>   7) Batteries are sources of charge
>
>   8) My house is dirty because of El Nino

9) Light rays entering the eye change direction only at the lens, 
not the cornea. 

(more common in Biology texts).


Ian

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