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Re: [Phys-L] writing your notes and/or text

On 2013, Jul 08, , at 11:19, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:

I understand where that's coming from. Making one good diagram
can easily take the better part of a day. Making all the diagrams
for a year-long course could easily take all year, even if you
had no other duties such as actually teaching in the classroom.

On the other hand, students need to see the diagrams. A big
part of science -- and business and lots of other things --
involves communicating using diagrams. It's not easy, but
it needs to be done.


Paraphrased from the other list; students don't remember the physics of the pics and diagrams, but distractions such as people. I think it's Mazur who wrote people should NOT be in the pic. or diagramme. Here's more:

including:

Silly art makes us look weird
Misplaced realism makes physics different
Lack of precision confuses
The Make-Believe World of Real-World Physics (Eric Mazur) | Sciencegeekgirl

http://sciencegeekgirl.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/the-make-believe-world-of-real-world-physics-eric-mazur/

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