Thomas A. Moore - Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit C Conservation Laws Constrain Interactions

Author Tom Moore uses a unique blend of standard and contemporary physics to create this remarkable new set of introductory physics textbooks. This new approach to the two or three semester calculus-based introductory physics course was developed with the support of the Introductory University Physics Project (IUPP) and represents the culmination of over seven years of development, testing, and evaluation at Pomona College. Six Ideas That Shaped Physics is consistent with the three basic principles of the IUPP: 1) The pace of the introductory course should be reduced so that a broader range of students can achieve an acceptable level of competence and satisfaction; 2) there should be more contemporary physics in the course; and 3) the course should use one or more "story lines" to help organize ideas and help motivate student interest. The author adds three principles of his own to help "round-out" this exceptional new outlook: 4) The course should seek to embrace the best of what educational research has t