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Peer reviewedVillani, Alberto; Arruda, Sergio M. – Science and Education, 1998
Analyzes the problem students have in learning the Theory of Relativity. Points out that the results of the study are ambiguous and intriguing. Describes the publication of Lorentz's Transformation Equations, the presentation of two postulates by Einstein, and the rejection of the Electron Theory and the final acceptance of the Theory of…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Physics
