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micronesia United States24680 Posts January 13 2008 20:10 GMT #1 So my Uncle is visiting the states from Australia, and an hour ago he hands me an article he thought I might be interested in that he found in 'NewScientist.' I start reading it a little while later and notice it's research by two researchers that I know personally! In fact, I was in the classroom when they were analyzing the behavior of some other physics students (I was not one of the people being researched). It's actually about how aspiring physicists seem to miss the point and lose perspective when allowing computer software help them tackle physics problems. You can read the first half of the article at http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19726375.500-physics-tool-makes-students-miss-the-point.html?feedId=online-news_rss20 but you are supposed to subscribe to read the rest. If anyone really wants to read it, pm me, otherwise I just wanted to point out how this is a cute coincidence. I'm going to send an e-mail to the two guys mentioned just to point this out to them :D.

micronesia United States24680 Posts January 14 2008 02:06 GMT #2 Haha turns out the physicist lives the next town over from where I teach.... we're talking several hundreds of miles from where I went to school! Small world eh?

Superiorwolf United States5509 Posts January 14 2008 03:38 GMT #3 small

micronesia United States24680 Posts January 14 2008 03:38 GMT #4 On January 14 2008 12:38 Superiorwolf wrote: small How do you figure? Edit: oh you mean small world rather than small coincidence right?

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