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I think that for an introductory physics course
Fred's description is much better than what I wrote.
Ludwik Kowalski
On Monday, Oct 18, 2004, at 20:27 America/New_York, fred bucheit wrote:
Perhaps it is better to define mass as: what a beam balance measures
while
at rest in a gravitational field.
Fred Bucheit
~ I think is the antidote to I believe~
From: Brian Whatcott <betwys1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>_________________________________________________________________
Reply-To: Forum for Physics Educators <PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu>
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: Re: Mass
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:09:40 -0500
Brian Whatcott wrote:At 06:45 PM 10/18/2004, Cliff P., you responded:
Mass is the name given to the resistance observed when
attempting to change the linear speed of some coherent object
which is otherwise perfectly free to move.
What is the name given to the resistance observed when attempting tochange
the direction of a moving object which is otherwise perfectly free tomove?
When push comes to shove I tell my students that mass like charge isI realize it may be difficult to swallow in the physics paradigm, but
something that "stuff" has.
Cliff Parker
the
description given above is in fact, adequate.
To change direction is to impart a change of speed in some direction
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