Re: Borrowing bandwith? [sic]

["RAUBER, JOEL" <JOEL_RAUBER@SDSTATE.EDU>]

I agree with Carl that its well within Phys-L's mandate and I would look
forward to much of the discussion.  Subject headings would need to be
clearly labeled to allow easy culling by those who would not care to
participate.

Joel Rauber

> Jack wrote:
>
> > Everybody and his dog seems to have a "unique" approach to
> the teaching of
> > physics.  Yet the textbooks end up looking like clones
>
> I respectfully disagree. What about Hewitt's book? Or one of
> my favorites: Chabay & Sherwood? Or The Physics of Star Trek?
> Or How Things Work?
>
> I don't think it's the textbooks that end up looking like
> clones. Only the ones that end up in our classrooms. Is there
> a lesson in this?
>
> By all means, let Beichner use PHYS-L to swap ideas. I think
> that's entirely within Phys-L's mandate and of great interest
> to many of us.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------------
> Carl Mungan (Asst. Prof. U.S. Naval Academy)
> Naval Research Laboratory  202-767-0106
> http://physics.nadn.navy.mil/physics/faculty/mungan/