[Phys-L] The Make-Believe World of Real-World Physics

[David Craig <craigda@lemoyne.edu>]

A recent post highlighted this blog entry on a presentation by Mazur:

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

I invite you all to consider the example from the presentation the blog highlights under the heading "Physics is Different".    I have some fairly strong opinions concerning the supposed "lessons" of this example and ones like it, but before I inject my views, I'd be interested in some discussion by the list.

David Craig


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