Re: [Phys-l] Bad physics in National park

["Anthony Lapinski" <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>]

That's so strange.
Who writes textbooks?
Who edits them?
Who checks for the accuracy?
And who cares about these things?

Forum for Physics Educators <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu> writes:
> Yeah, but don't try to change textbooks, or encyclopedias.  You may meet
> with either a completely cold shoulder, or a polite reply that it will be
> changed, but you know the request went into the circular file.  It took
> several years to get a change in the Information Please almanac.
>
> And if you try to tell a teacher that the text is wrong they will often
> rebuff you.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
>
> ,
> > I would try to find the person responsible and speak with them.
> >
> > I have worked on some people to change presentations on the web, video,
> > etc.  In some cases I've met little resistance and had good luck, when
> > money was an issue I was rebuffed with "we'll fix it next time."  If
> > someone's ego got squashed I was totally out of luck.
> >
> > Making the effort at change is never a 'lost cause'.  If we keep at it
> > long enough, we can make sure that everyone 'gets it right'.
>
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