Six Ideas that Shaped Physics explained

Author:	Thomas A. Moore
Country:	United States
Publisher:	McGraw Hill
Pub Date:	2002
Isbn:	9781264876822

Six Ideas that Shaped Physics is a textbook in calculus based physics, written by Thomas A. Moore based on his introductory course in college physics at Pomona College. It covers special relativity, quantum mechanics, and thermodynamics. The impetus for the project to author the book came from the 1987-1996 Introductory University Physics Project (IUPP), which found that most college texts neglected to teach topics in 20th century physics.^[1]

Contents

The books opens with 20th century physics, starting with the conservation laws implied by Noether's theorem. It then proceeds to present Newtonian mechanics and the laws of motion as a consequence of underlying physical symmetry, reversing the chronological order in which the study of physics developed as a scientific discipline. The courses include Unit C: Conservation Laws Constrain Interactions (14 chapters), Unit N: The Laws of Physics are Universal (12 chapters), Unit R: The Laws of Physics are Frame-Independent (9 chapters), Unit E:  Electric and Magnetic Fields are Unified (20 chapters), Unit Q:  Particles Behave Like Waves (15 chapters), and Unit T:  Some Processes are Irreversible (11 chapters).^{[2] [3] [4]}

Editions

First published in 1998, it has been widely adopted and is now in the Fourth edition.

References

• Book: Moore, T. . Six Ideas that Shaped Physics . . 2002 . 0-07-043049-7.
• Book: 2016. Moore . Thomas . Six Ideas That Shaped Physics . McGraw-Hill Education . 978-0-07-351394-2 . Third.
• Web site: An Overview of "Six Ideas" . Physics Department, Pomona College . 2022-09-16 . www.physics.pomona.edu.
• Web site: The Six Ideas Philosophy . Physics Department, Pomona College . 2022-09-16 . www.physics.pomona.edu.
• Web site: Some Possible [Course] Sequences ]. Physics Department, Pomona College . 2022-09-16 . www.physics.pomona.edu.
• Web site: Six Ideas that Shaped Physics . American Association of Physics Teachers. 2022-09-16 . psrc.aapt.org.
• Bernatowicz . Thomas J. . 2006-03-01 . Post-Use Review. Six Ideas That Shaped Physics (second edition, six volumes).. . American Journal of Physics . 74 . 3 . 243–245 . 10.1119/1.2149873 . 0002-9505.
• Moore . Thomas . 2014-09-10 . Chapter 11: Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Rethinking Introductory Physics . Integrating Cognitive Science with Innovative Teaching in STEM Disciplines . 10.7936/K7JW8BSN.

Notes and References

1. Physics Today . The Introductory Calculus-Based Physics Textbook . Joseph Amato . 49 . 12 . 46–51 . 1996 . 10.1063/1.881581 .
2. 李广平 . 张立彬[] . 2012-03-20 . 决定物理学发展的六大思想——《Six Ideas That Shaped Physics》赏析 . 大学物理 . zh . 31 . 3 . 55 . 1000-0712.
3. Mader . Catherine . 2005-04-01 . Modifying Six Ideas that Shaped Physics for a Life-Science major audience at Hope College . APS April Meeting Abstracts . R11.007. 2005APS..APRR11007M .
4. Bernatowicz . Thomas J. . 2006-03-01 . Post-Use Review. Six Ideas That Shaped Physics (second edition, six volumes) . American Journal of Physics . 74 . 3 . 243–245 . 10.1119/1.2149873 . 0002-9505.