Is the equivalence principle to be included in physics instruction for non-physicists?

Kranjc, Tomaž (author)

In the contribution, we describe the experience of including the equivalence principle as a kind of dis-traction/“entertainment” into the university introductory physics course for non-physicists. The prin-ciple of equivalence was presented to students and they were invited to think, in the form of class activities, about some of its consequences. In particular, the free-floating (inertial) systems were con-sidered and the state of “weightlessness” revisited; the local character of the free-floating frames and the tidal effects were investigated.

• Language: Unknown
• Keywords: inštrukcije
• Work type: Not categorized
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Year: 2015
• Number of pages: 30
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-70250
• Publication date in RUL: 10.07.2015

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• Language: Unknown
• Keywords: physics