MANY IDEAS TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY PHYSICS TODAY ARE EITHER FALSE IN FACT OR ABSURD IN LOGIC, AND HAVING BEEN CARRIED ALONG BY TRADITIONAL PRACTICE, THESE ERRORS AND MISCONCEPTIONS CONTINUE TO BE PROMULGATED. MANY MISCONCEPTIONS AND ERRORS COMMONLY FOUND IN CURRENT TEXTBOOKS ARE EXAMINED. AREAS DEALT WITH ARE (1) FORCES, (2) GRAVITATION, (3) ENERGY,…

Describes briefly the works of the physicist including references to the concept of lubrication. Brief explanations of streamlining, turbulent motion of fluid particles, and method of determining the value of J constant are included. (PS)

Proposes using the idea of entrophy as a major component of science courses from a very early stage, via a study of changing systems. The concept of entropy can provide a basis for considering the environment, and even a basis for an ethical code. (AL)

Answers to questions in a grade 11 physics examination were analyzed to provide information on the cognitive development of Australian science students. Data from questions concerned with volume, mass and weight, levers and proportion, speed and velocity, acceleration and relative speed are compared with Piaget's findings: many of the students do…

Discusses 24 science fiction films. (RD)

Presents the history surrounding the evolution of the second law of thermodynamics. Discusses Sadi Carnot's contributions, but also refers to those by Clapeyron, Thomson, Joule, Clausius, and Boltzman among others. (RR)

Characterizes three unifying constructs that order biological knowledge: generalizations by enumeration, relational laws, and theories. (AL)

A clarification of induction and deduction as the types of logic behind educational methodology. Dialectical logic, a form of the deductive method, is a very effective research methodological approach because it reveals the inner nature of the subject under investigation. (CB)

The development of the science of genetics through the confluence of separate theories is surveyed in this essay. An outline of classical genetics is emphasized. Interruptions in the continuity of development and the influence of genetics on the biological sciences and man as a social animal are discussed. (VW)

This history for molecular genetics and its explanation of DNA begins with an analysis of the Golden Jubilee essay papers, 1955. The paper ends stating that the higher nervous system is the one major frontier of biological inquiry which still offers some romance of research. (Author/VW)