Bulletin of the American Physical Society
Joint Spring 2011 Meeting of the New England Sections of the APS and the AAPT
Volume 56, Number 2
Friday–Saturday, April 8–9, 2011; Lowell, Massachusetts
Session D1: Banquet |
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Chair: Albert Altman, UMass Lowell Room: UML ICC Ballroom |
Friday, April 8, 2011 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
D1.00001: Banquet |
Friday, April 8, 2011 8:00PM - 9:30PM |
D1.00002: The Make-believe World of Real-world Physics Invited Speaker: That physics describes the real world is a given for physicists. In spite of tireless efforts by instructors to connect physics to the real world, students walk away from physics courses believing physicists live in a world of their own. Are students clueless about the real world? Or are we perhaps deluding ourselves and misleading our students about the real world? [Preview Abstract] |
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