127th AAPT National Meeting, 2003
| Title: | W58: Thought Experiments in Physics Teaching |
| Day: | Saturday, Aug 2 |
| Author: | Mark Lattery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Dept. of Physics/Astronomy, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901; 920-454-7105; fax 920-424-1328; lattery@uwosh.edu Igal Galili, Mahajan Sanjoy |
| Session AD : History and Philosophy of Physics at Wisconsin Monday, Aug 4 | |
| Title: | AD 01: Using Historical Material in Teaching Physics at UW-Madison |
| Time: | 8:00 a.m. |
| Author: | Invited-Daniel Siegel, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 2218 Eton Ridge, Madison, WI 53726; 608-231-3114; fax: 608-231-2367; dmsiegel@facstaff.wisc.edu |
| Title: | AD 02: "Einstein's Relativity": Pedagogy, Personality, and Philosophy in Popular Science |
| Time: | 8:30 a.m. |
| Author: | Invited-Richard Staley, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, History of Science Dept., 1180 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI 53706-1393; 608-262-3978; rstaley@facstaff.wisc.edu |
| Title: | AD 03: Curve Fitting Unification in Physics |
| Time: | 9:00 a.m. |
| Author: | Invited-Malcolm Forster, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Physics, 1150 University Dr., Madison, WI 53706; mforster@wisc.edu |
| Session CD : Retrospectives on Physics and Astronomy at Wisconsin Monday, Aug 4 |
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| Title: | CD 01: Physics at Wisconsin from 1849 to 1965 |
| Time: | 8:00 a.m. |
| Author: | Invited-Robert March, University of Wisconsin-Madison;350 W. Wilson St., Madison, WI 53703; 608-257-3655; rhmarch@wisc.edu |
| Title: | CD 02: Nuclear Physics at Wisconsin: Acceleratorys, Resonances, and Cloudy Crystal Balls |
| Time: | 8:30 a.m. |
| Author: | Invited-Willy Haeberli, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 1150 University Dr., Madison, WI 53706; 608-262-0009; fax: 608-262-3598' haeberli@wisc.edu |
| Title: | CD 03: Wisconsin Astronomy 1887-1958: From Comstock to Stebbins to Whitford |
| Time: | 9:00 a.m. |
| Author: | Invited-Donald Osterbrock, Univ. of California Observatories/Lick Observatory, Univ. of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064; 831-459-2605; fax: 831-426-3115; don@uclick.org |
| Session FG : Topics in Philosopy and History of
Physics Monday, Aug 4 |
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| Title: | FG 01: Falsifiability as an Educational Tool: Popper (Karl) to Popper (Danielo) |
| Time: | 1:00 p.m. |
| Author: | Virginia Trimble, University of California, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, CA 92697-4575; 949-824-6948; fax: 949-824-2174; vtrimble@uci.edu |
| Title: | FG 02: Doppler Viewed from the Railroad: An Analysis of Ballot's Treatment of Doppler's Theory of Sound and Light |
| Time: | 1:15 p.m. |
| Author: | Bartley L. Cardon, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood St., Lexington, MA 02420-9185; 781-981-2994; fax: 781-981-2838; cardon@ll.mit.edu |
| Title: | FG 03: The Acceptance of Copernican Theory Before Galileo |
| Time: | 1:30 p.m. |
| Author: | Invited-Donald Osterbrock, Univ. of California Observatories/Lick Observatory, Univ. of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064; 831-459-2605; fax: 831-426-3115; don@uclick.org |
| Title: | FG 04: A Science History Tour of Central Europe |
| Time: | 1:45 p.m. |
| Author: | Herbert Retcofsky, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, 2269 Watchfield Dr., South Park, PA 15129-8977; 412-653-4039; retcofsky@pittcon.org Barbara Lotze, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh |
| Title: | FG 05: Einstein in China |
| Time: | 2:00 p.m. |
| Author: | Hang Deng-Luzader, Frostburg State Univ., Dept. of Physics and Engineering, Frostburg, MD 21532; 301-687-4385; fax: 301-687-7966; hluzader@frostburg.edu Francis Tam, Frostburg State Univ. |
| Title: | FG 06: Einstein in Western Maryland |
| Time: | 2:15 p.m. |
| Author: | Francis Tam, Frostburg State Univ., Dept. of Physics and Engineering, Frostburg, MD 21532; 301-687-4165; fax: 301-687-7966; ftam@frostburg.edu Hang Deng-Luzader, Frostburg State Univ. |
| Title: | FG 07: Physics Education, Circa 1880-1930 |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. |
| Author: | Mary V. Frohne, Benedictine Univ., Physics Dept., 5700 College Rd., Lisle, IL 60532; 630-829-6559; vfrohne@ben.edu |
| Title: | FG 08: Conservations on Natural Philosophy: An Early Physics Popularization |
| Time: | 2:45 p.m. |
| Author: | Kenneth Mandelson, Marquette Univ., Physics Dept., P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881; 414-362-1176; kenneth.mendelson@marquette.edu |
| Title: | FG 09: Standing on the Shoulders of Women Giants? |
| Time: | 3:00 p.m. |
| Author: | Karen A. Williams, East Central Univ., EDU Box D5, Ada, OK 74820; 580-310-5394; fax: 580-310-5606; kwilliams@mac.com |
| Title: | FG 10: A Physics Teacher's Tour of England |
| Time: | 3:15 p.m. |
| Author: | Peter Hopskinson, Vancouver Comm. College, 1155 E. Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5T 4V5, Canada; 604-871-7285; fax: 604-430-5507; phopkinson@vcc.ca |
| Title: | FG 11: Does Religion Influence Scientists; and their Science? |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. |
| Author: | Michael Ponnambalam, Univ. of the West Indies; Physics Dept., Kingston 7, Jamaica; 876-927-2480; fax: 876-977-1595; ponnam@uwimona.edu.jm |
| Title: | FG 12: Physics, Christianity, and Busshism: Similarities, Differences, and Compatibility |
| Time: | 3:45 p.m. |
| Author: | Patrick Tam, Humboldt State Univ., Physics Dept., Arcata, CA 95521; 707-826-3251; ptt1@axe.humboldt.edu |
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