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Peer reviewedSawicki, Mikolaj – Physics Teacher, 1996
Presents an analysis of the treatment of Newton's Laws and relativistic mass in the nine most popular college physics textbooks. Concludes that only two textbooks give a correct interpretation of relativistic mass and only a single text gives a correct discussion of Newton's First Law. (JRH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Misconceptions, Physics, Science Instruction
