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The Physics Teacher -- December 2000 -- Volume 38, Issue 9, pp. 574

Aristarchus at your service

Samuel Derman

Department of Electromechanical Technology, New York City Technical College, Brooklyn, New York 11201

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How to maintain student interest in class? Keep a collection of interesting diversionary topics on hand. One such topic: the surprising astronomical discoveries made more than 2000 years ago by the Greek mathematician, Artistarchus.

© 2000 American Association of Physics Teachers

EDITORIALLY RELATED

  1. Correction: "Aristarchus at your service" [Phys. Teach. 38(9), 574 (2000)]
    Samuel Derman
    Phys. Teach. 39, 133 (2001)PHTEAH000039000003000133000002

KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

personnel, history, Earth, Moon, Sun, calculation, geometry, inference mechanisms, spatial reasoning, distance measurement, size measurement, Aristarchus, teaching methods and strategies, history, distance, Sun, Moon, Earth

PACS

  • 96.12.Fe

    Gravitational fields

  • 96.20.Dt

    Features, landmarks, mineralogy, and petrology

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0031-921X (print)  

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Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1342837


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