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040			_aCSL _beng _cCSL
041			_aeng
084			_aC P2 TC _qCSL
100			_aCassidy, David _91113236
245		0	_aUnderstanding physics
260			_aNew York, _bSpringer: _c2002.
300			_axxiii, 851p. _b: ill.
500			_aIllustration credits 819-828p.; Index 829-851p.
520			_aA thorough grounding in contemporary physics while placing the subject into its social and historical context. Based largely on the highly respected Project Physics Course developed by two of the authors, it also integrates the results of recent pedagogical research. The text thus teaches the basic phenomena in the physical world and the concepts developed to explain them; shows that science is a rational human endeavour with a long and continuing tradition, involving many different cultures and people; develops facility in critical thinking, reasoned argumentation, evaluation of evidence, mathematical modelling, and ethical values. The treatment emphasises not only what we know but also how we know it, why we believe it, and what effects this knowledge has.
650			_aPhysics _91113237
650			_aGeneral Science _91113238
700			_aHolton, Gerald _91113239
700			_aRutherford, James _91113240
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