Pendulum anthology
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The first of the Pendulum Special Issues of Science & Education, were published in August 2004. This is Vol.13 Nos.4-5 of the journal. The title of the volume is The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives. The second special issue, same title, was published in November (Vol.13 Nos.7-8). The two special issues constitute 450 journal pages.
Springer (formerly Kluwer) published the special issues as a book early in 2005. The book was launched at the IHPST Leeds conference in July. The citation is: Matthews, M.R., Gauld, C.F. & Stinner, A. (eds.): 2005, The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives, Springer, Dordrecht.
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THE PENDULUM: CONTENTS
| | MICHAEL R. MATTHEWS, COLIN GAULD & ART STINNER / The Pendulum:
Its Place in Science, Culture and Pedagogy | 1 |
SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES |
| RANDALL D. PETERS / The Pendulum in the 21 st Century: Relic or Trendsetter? | 19 |
| RONALD NEWBURGH / The Pendulum: A Paradigm for the Linear Oscillator | 37 |
| KLAUS WELTNER, A. SERGIO ESPERIDIÌO, ROBERTO ANDRADE &
PAULO MIRANDA / Introduction to the Treatment of Non- Linear Effects
Using a Gravitational Pendulum | 49 |
| CÉSAR MEDINA, SANDRA VELAZCO & JULIA SALINAS / Experimental Control
of a Simple Pendulum Model | 67 |
| RANDALL D. PETERS / Soup- can Pendulum | 77 |
| NORMAN PHILLIPS / What Makes the Foucault Pendulum Move Among the Stars? | 89 |
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES |
| PETER MACHAMER & BRIAN HEPBURN / Galileo and the Pendulum: Latching
on to Time | 99 |
| COLIN GAULD / The Treatment of Cycloidal Pendulum Motion in Newton's Principia 115
ZVI BIENER & CHRISTOPHER SMEENK / Pendulums, Pedagogy and Matter: Lessons
from the Editing of Newton's Principia | 127 |
| COLIN GAULD / The Treatment of the Motion of the Simple Pendulum in Some
Early 18th Century Newtonian Textbooks | 130 |
| PIERRE J. BOULOS / Newton's Path to Universal Gravitation: The Role of
the Pendulum | 151 |
| AMIR D. ACZEL / Léon Foucault: His Life, Times and Achievements | 171 |
| FABIO BEVILACQUA, LIDIA FALOMO, LUCIO FREGONESE, ENRICO
GIANNETTO, FRANCO GIUDICE & PAOLO MASCHERETTI / Interpreting the
Pendulum: From Constrained Fall to Potential Energy | 185 |
PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES |
| MICHAEL R. MATTHEWS / Idealisation and Galileo's Pendulum Discoveries:
Historical, Philosophical and Pedagogical Considerations | 209 |
| ROBERT NOLA / Pendula, Models, Constructivism and Reality | 237 |
| LOUIS B. ROSENBLATT / The Poet and the Pendulum | 267 |
| AGUSTÍN ADÚRIZ- BRAVO / Methodology and Politics: A Proposal to Teach the
Structuring Ideas of the Philosophy of Science through the Pendulum | 277 |
| DENNIS LOMAS / Degree of Influence on Perception of Belief and Social Setting:
Its Relevance to Understanding Pendulum Phenomena | 293 |
EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES |
| TREVOR G. BOND / Piaget and the Pendulum | 303 |
| ERIN STAFFORD / What the Pendulum can Tell Educators about Children's
Scientific Reasoning | 315 |
| PAUL ZACHOS / Pendulum Phenomena and the Assessment of Scientific Inquiry
Capabilities | 349 |
| YONG- JU KWON, JIN- SU JEONG,á YUN- BOK PARK / Children's Generating Hypotheses
on a Pendulum Task : Roles of Abductive Reasoning Skills and Prior Knowledge | 363 |
| ROBERT J. WHITAKER / Types of Two- Dimensional Pendulums and Their Uses
in Education | 377 |
| MARIANNE BARNES, JAMES GARNER, DAVID REID / The Pendulum as Vehicle
for Transitioning from Classical to Quantum Physics | 393 |
| CATHY MARIOTTI EZRAILSON, G. DONALD ALLEN & CATHLEEN C. LOVING /
Analyzing Dynamic Pendulum Motion in an Interactive Online Environment | 413 |
| IGAL GALILI & DAVID SELA / Pendulum Activities in the Israeli Physics Curriculum:
Used and Missed Opportunities | 435 |
| DIMITRIS KOLIOPOULOS AND COSTAS CONSTANTINOU / An Analysis of
the Treatment of the Simple Pendulum in Greek and Cypriot Science Curricula | 449 |
| MANABU SUMIDA / The Public Understanding of Pendulum Motion: From 5 to
88 Years Old | 465 |
| MICHAEL FOWLER / Using Excel to Simulate Pendulum Motion and Maybe Understand
Calculus a Little Better | 485 |
| ROBERT N. CARSON / Teaching Cultural History from Primary Events | 491 |
| COLIN GAULD / Pendulums in the Physics Education Literature: A Bibliography | 505 |
Science & Education Journal Special issues
There were two earlier publications containing a subset of the material in the above book anthology. These were special issues of the journal 'Science & Education', the details, for your information, being as follows:
Volume 13 Nos. 4-5 June 2004
THE PENDULUM: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical & Educational Perspectives - Part I
Editors:Michael R. Matthews, Colin Gauld & Arthur Stinner
- MICHAEL R. MATTHEWS, COLIN GAULD & ART STINNER The Pendulum: Its Place in Science, Culture and Pedagogy
SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES - RANDALL D. PETERS: The Pendulum in the 21st Century: Relic or Trendsetter?
- RONALD NEWBURGH: The Pendulum: A Paradigm for the Linear Oscillator
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES - ZVI BIENER & CHRISTOPER SMEENK: Pendulums, Pedagogy and Matter: Lessons from the Editing of Newton's Principia
- COLIN GAULD: The Treatment of the Motion of the Simple Pendulum in Some Early 18th Century Newtonian Textbooks
- PETER MACHAMER & BRIAN HEPBURN: Galileo and the Pendulum: Latching on to Time
PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES - ROBERT NOLA: Pendula, Models, Constructivism and Reality
- LOUIS B. ROSENBLATT: The Poet and the Pendulum
EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES - TREVOR G. BOND: Piaget and the Pendulum
- ROBERT J. WHITAKER: Types of Two-Dimensional Pendulums and Their Uses in Education
- MARIANNE BARNES, JAMES GARNER, DAVID REID: The Pendulum as Vehicle for Transitioning from Classical to Quantum Physics: History, Quantum Concepts and Educational Challenges
- CATHY MARIOTTI EZRAILSON, G. DONALD ALLEN & CATHLEEN C. LOVING: Analyzing Dynamic Pendulum Motion in an Interactive Online Environment Using Flash
- IGAL GALILI & DAVID SELA: Pendulum Activities in the Physics Curriculum: Used and Missed Opportunities
- MANABU SUMIDA: The Public Understanding of Pendulum Motion: From 5 to 85 Years Old
Science & Education
Volume 13 No. 7-8 November 2004
THE PENDULUM: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical & Educational Perspectives - Part II
Editors: Michael R. Matthews, Colin Gauld & Arthur Stinner
INTRODUCTION
SCIENTIFIC CONSIDERATIONS
- KLAUS WELTNER, A. SERGIO ESPERIDIÌO, ROBERTO ANDRADE & PAULO MIRANDA: Introduction to the Treatment of non-linear Effects using a Gravitational Pendulum
- CÉSAR MEDINA, SANDRA VELAZCO & JULIA SALINAS: Experimental Control of a Simple Pendulum Model
- RANDALL D. PETERS: Soup-can Pendulum
- NORMAN PHILLIPS: What Makes the Foucault Pendulum Move Among the Stars?
HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS - COLIN GAULD: The Treatment of Cycloidal Pendulum Motion in Newton's Principia
- AMIR D. ACZEL: Léon Foucault: His Life, Times and Achievements
PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS - MICHAEL R. MATTHEWS: Idealisation and Galileo's Pendulum Discoveries: Historical, Philosophical and Pedagogical Considerations
- AGUSTÍN ADòRIZ-BRAVO: Methodology and Politics: A Proposal to Teach the Structuring Ideas of the Philosophy of Science through the Pendulum
- DENNIS LOMAS: Degree of Influence on Perception of Belief and Social Setting: Its Relevance to Understanding Pendulum Phenomena
EDUCATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS - PAUL ZACHOS: Pendulum Phenomena and the Assessment of Scientific Inquiry Capabilities
- ERIN STAFFORD: What the Pendulum can Tell Educators about Children's Scientific Reasoning
- MICHAEL FOWLER: Using Excel to Simulate Pendulum Motion and Maybe Understand Calculus a Little Better
- ROBERT N. CARSON: Teaching Cultural History from Primary Events
- COLIN GAULD: Pendulums in the Physics Education Literature: A Bibliography
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