Re: heat, centrifugal force, etc.

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

And just to do a little cheer leading:
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>
> Tangentially related remark:  There are other
> topics, not just "heat", where silly ideas are
> foisted on kids in high-school physics class.
> Another example that leaps to mind is centrifugal
> force.  There seems to be a cabal of high-school
> textbook writers who say "there is no such thing
> as centrifugal force".  Give me a break!  Most
> kids know quite well that centrifugal force exists;
> they learn this first-hand before they get to
> kindergarten, based on their experience with
> playground merry-go-rounds.
>    http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/how/htm/motion.html#sec-centrifuge

Right On!

JR