Session:
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Defining Units: Old and New
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Paper Type:
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Contributed
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Title:
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Using History to Take the Mystery Out of Units
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Meeting:
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2017 Summer Meeting: Cincinnati, Ohio |
Location:
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N/A |
Date:
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Time:
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9:30AM
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Author:
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Robert A. Morse,, Emeritus, St. Albans School,
202-537-0759, ramorse@rcn.com
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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Units in physics in the U.S. are trickier for introductory students than in most of the world as our “homely and familiar” units differ from our physics units. For years I have taken time to do a quick review of the history of units (a fascinating study in itself) in the context of providing practice with unit conversion, and tying values of units to familiar objects. I will give a quick overview of some of the units and their stories I have used in this endeavor.
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Footnotes:
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None
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Presentation:
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AAPT Summer 2017 - AC3 .pdf
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