tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post3851659317054651052..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: Symbolic Manipulators Affect Mathematical MindsetsZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-60880127720072628012007-12-11T04:24:00.000-06:002007-12-11T04:24:00.000-06:00Well, I wouldn't say that they got "paid" for it. ...Well, I wouldn't say that they got "paid" for it. I think the authors are probably either instructors for the course, or someone who's doing some pedagogical research work on physics education.<BR/><BR/>I think it is interesting to consider how, with the availability of all these modern conveniences, the teaching and learning process in physics have changed. Know subtle effects such as the ones cited in this work might help instructors to pay attention to certain pitfalls.<BR/><BR/>Zz.ZapperZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-89990479614283373962007-12-11T02:09:00.000-06:002007-12-11T02:09:00.000-06:00Well, as someone who just finished the first half ...Well, as someone who just finished the first half of DJ Griffith's book, I can say that mathematica helps, a lot. I don't usually use it for "difficult" math, in the sense that I couldn't do it without the computer, just for "painful" math, things like finding expectations of ridiculous wavefunctions. Anything involving the uncertainty principle needs four integrals, at least, and with any wavefunction that's not from a simple system those are just murder by hand.<BR/><BR/>It's kind of funny, though, that someone is getting paid to study what I spend a few hours on every weekend.Stupac2https://www.blogger.com/profile/00922650144774975981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-23761552768712574782007-12-10T21:59:00.000-06:002007-12-10T21:59:00.000-06:00Agreed. It's just totally fascinating to read the ...Agreed. It's just totally fascinating to read the conversation as they try to calculate the mean value :p<BR/><BR/>Really fun read. Thanks for the link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com