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Six Ideas that Shaped Physics: Unit N - Laws of Physics are Universal
SIX IDEAS THAT SHAPED PHYSICS is the 21st century's alternative to traditional, encyclopedic textbooks. Thomas Moore designed SIX IDEAS to teach students: --to apply basic physical principles to realistic situations --to solve realistic problems --to resolve contradictions between their preconceptions and the laws of physics --to organize the ideas of physics into an integrated hierarchy
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288 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1997
About the author
Thomas A. Moore
42 books3 followersThere is more than one Thomas A. Moore in the Goodreads catalog. This entry is for Thomas ^ A. Moore, professor of physics.
Thomas A. Moore is Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Pomona College, in Claremont, California, USA.
Moore is a theoretical astrophysicist who has done most of his published research on the generation and detection of gravitational waves. Currently, he is working to better understand what space-based gravitational wave detectors should expect to see and what they might tell us about the universe. He is also deeply interested in problems in physics education and has published several papers (as well as given a number of talks and workshops) on new approaches to teaching physics.
He served for seven years on the steering committee of the Introductory University Physics Project, and his work for that project led him to write a fairly radical introductory physics textbook titled Six Ideas That Shaped Physics (2003). He is also the author of two other textbooks, A General Relativity Workbook (2013) and A Traveler’s Guide to Spacetime (1996).
His scholarly interests are in gravitational waves, physics education, the fundamentals of quantum mechanics, solar energy, and the intersection of science and religion.
Education
B.A. Carleton College (1976)
M. Phil. Yale University (1978)
Ph. D. Yale University (1981)
Thomas A. Moore is Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Pomona College, in Claremont, California, USA.
Moore is a theoretical astrophysicist who has done most of his published research on the generation and detection of gravitational waves. Currently, he is working to better understand what space-based gravitational wave detectors should expect to see and what they might tell us about the universe. He is also deeply interested in problems in physics education and has published several papers (as well as given a number of talks and workshops) on new approaches to teaching physics.
He served for seven years on the steering committee of the Introductory University Physics Project, and his work for that project led him to write a fairly radical introductory physics textbook titled Six Ideas That Shaped Physics (2003). He is also the author of two other textbooks, A General Relativity Workbook (2013) and A Traveler’s Guide to Spacetime (1996).
His scholarly interests are in gravitational waves, physics education, the fundamentals of quantum mechanics, solar energy, and the intersection of science and religion.
Education
B.A. Carleton College (1976)
M. Phil. Yale University (1978)
Ph. D. Yale University (1981)
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