History in the Teaching of Physics—Proceedings

History in the Teaching of Physics:Proceedings of the International Working Seminar on the Role of the History of Physics in Physics Education

Editors

Stephen G. Brush, U Maryland

Allen L. King, Dartmouth College

University Press of New England, Hanover, New Hampshire

Copyright 1972 by the editors

From the boilerplate:"Published for the International Working Seminar on the Role of the History of Physics in Physics Education, a Conference held at the Massachuestts Institute of Technology from 13-17 July 1970 and financed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the National Science Foundation."

Quotes

Brush then remarked that he would not try to persuade the average physics teacher to use a historical approach in teaching physics majors; that is a lost cause, because the curriculum is already too full of other things. p. 7