Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 08:25:26 -0400
Author: "John L. Hubisz"
Subject: Re: Quantum Mechanics for Middle School
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When I got my letter of acceptance to high school, there was a list of 100
books that I presumed were meant to be read. 1, 2, 3, ... Infinity was on
the list and I loved it. I still recommend it to my students, 50 years
later. Genius not necessary. Complex numbers were introduced neatly!
John
At 10:01 PM 9/2/2003 +1000, Peter Fletcher wrote:
>Tony
>
>1-2-3 Infinity is a different type of book that George Gamow wrote. It
>deals with numbers; space time and Einstein; microcosmos; and macrocosmos.
>It is an enjoyable read as all of Gamow's books are.
>
>The style of writing is similar to Mr Tompkins (but Mr Tompkins is not a
>character in the book) and 1-2-3 would be suitable for a genius 12+ year
>old
>budding physicist/mathematician or a 40+ year old with time on their
>hands.
>
>Peter
>
>__________________________________________________________________________
>Peter Fletcher _--_|\ E-Mail: Fletcher@physics.usyd.edu.au
>School of Physics, A28 / \ Telephone: +61 2 9351 5982
>University of Sydney \_.--._/ Facsimile: +61 2 9351 7726
>New South Wales 2006 v
>Australia
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>On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Tony Papirio wrote:
>
> > Peter,
> > Is 1-2-3- Infinity! Gamow part of that series?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Tony Papirio
> > Lab Director Physics Teaching Labs
> > Dept. of Physics (fax) 413-545-1691
> > 218 Hasbrouck Physics Lab (voice)413-545-1296
> > University of Massachusetts Email: papirio@physics.umass.edu
> > Amherst, MA, 01003-3720
> > http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~tpapirio
> >
> > http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~tpapirio/LAB_HOME.HTML
> >
> >
John L. Hubisz, Physics Department, Box 8202, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh NC 27695-8202; hubisz@unity.ncsu.edu, (919)515-2515,
(919)515-7331 FAX
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When I got my letter of acceptance to high school, there was a list of
100 books that I presumed were meant to be read. 1, 2, 3, ...
Infinity was on the list and I loved it. I still recommend it
to my students, 50 years later. Genius not necessary. Complex
numbers were introduced neatly!
John
At 10:01 PM 9/2/2003 +1000, Peter Fletcher wrote:
Tony
1-2-3 Infinity is a different type of book that George Gamow wrote.
It
deals with numbers; space time and Einstein; microcosmos; and
macrocosmos.
It is an enjoyable read as all of Gamow's books are.
The style of writing is similar to Mr Tompkins (but Mr Tompkins is not
a
character in the book) and 1-2-3 would be suitable for a genius 12+
year
old
budding physicist/mathematician or a 40+ year old with time on
their
hands.
Peter
__________________________________________________________________________
Peter
Fletcher
_--_|\ E-Mail: Fletcher@physics.usyd.edu.au
School of Physics, A28 /
\ Telephone: +61 2 9351 5982
University of Sydney \_.--._/
Facsimile: +61 2 9351 7726
New South Wales
2006 v
Australia
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Tony Papirio wrote:
> Peter,
> Is 1-2-3- Infinity! Gamow
part of that series?
>
> --
>
> Tony Papirio
> Lab
Director
Physics Teaching Labs
> Dept. of
Physics
(fax) 413-545-1691
> 218 Hasbrouck Physics
Lab
(voice)413-545-1296
> University of
Massachusetts Email:
papirio@physics.umass.edu
> Amherst, MA, 01003-3720
>
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~tpapirio
>
>
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~tpapirio/LAB_HOME.HTML
>
>