Time for Science Education How Teaching the History and Philosophy of Pendulum Motion can Contribute to Science Literacy

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Michael Matthews ... has just published a book that should be read by all serious physics educationists. ... Given the lamentable lack of books on physics education that try to show how the history and philosophy of science can be incorporated into real physics, Matthew's book is highly recommended.
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Ivan Slade
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Physics World, February 2001




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I recommend this wide-ranging and fascinating book to all science educators, and I hope that Matthew will publish a shortened version of it for science (physics) educators and classroom teachers. The story of the pendulum, as told here, would enliven the physics classroom and make it reach beyond the textbook.
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CJSMTE/RCESMT, 1:4 (2001)




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Mathew's book is a true work of scholarship and I have no hesitation in urging anyone interested in informing debates about science education to read it from cover to cover.
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Studies in Science Education