Jeffry V. Mallow
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View article: Why physics?
Why physics? Open
Students bring to the science classroom preconceived attitudes, as well as the emotional baggage called ‘science anxiety’. Each of these or both can impede learning, even with the best teachers. There turn out to be connections between sci…
View article: Fear of Physics
Fear of Physics Open
An important area of physics pedagogy is the effect of student attitudes and anxieties on physics education. Due to fear, many intellectually able students are unable to obtain satisfactory results in physics. With several decades of exper…
View article: Einstein's Elevator and Other Marvels
Einstein's Elevator and Other Marvels Open
…a variety of physics discoveries, intertwined with anecdotal stories elaborating on the lives of famous physicists throughout history. The book takes the reader through more than 500 years of scientific progress and provides context for t…
View article: Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. The Eyeballer and the Analyzer
Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. The Eyeballer and the Analyzer Open
The remarkable observations of Tycho Brahe preceded the invention of the telescope by a decade, the quality of telescopic measurements by a century. Brahe's measurements of cometary motion disproved the claim that comets were inside the Mo…
View article: Front Matter
Front Matter Open
…a variety of physics discoveries, intertwined with anecdotal stories elaborating on the lives of famous physicists throughout history. The book takes the reader through more than 500 years of scientific progress and provides context for t…
View article: Exactness of SWKB for shape invariant potentials
Exactness of SWKB for shape invariant potentials Open
View article: Inter-relations between additive shape invariant superpotentials
Inter-relations between additive shape invariant superpotentials Open
View article: Generation of a novel exactly solvable potential
Generation of a novel exactly solvable potential Open