The Physics Teacher: To a Physics Teacher a Mass Is Mass. To a Chemistry Teacher a Mass Is a Mess

• Autores: Roy W. Clark
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 80, Nº 1, 2003, pág. 14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Physics differs from chemistry in that physicists focus upon the general properties of the experimental material, such as mass and density, while chemists working with the same material will focus on its composition and more subtle, transient properties. Two of the selections from The Physics Teacher: illustrate this mind-set (fluorescent lights and the floating-dissolving conundrum); the other illustrates a problem common to both species of scientist—the measurement of temperature.