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Metaphors of nature : the vision of Cézanne, Monet, and Poincaré.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978) -
Arethusa : a fountain through sculpture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)The major work for this thesis is the creation of a sculpture, constructed as an independently running fountain. The sculpture is composed of ceramic figures, and is installed at the M.I.T. Student Center Library. The ... -
Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Polymers
(Elsevier Press, 1989) -
Organic materials for nonlinear optics Part 1
(Elsevier, 1989) -
Nonlinear optics and organic materials Part 2
(Elsevier, 1989) -
Painting the moon
(Sky and Telescope, 1991) -
Frances Gertrude Wick (1875-1941)
(Greenwood Press, 1993) -
Ways of Learning Physics: Magnets, Needles, Fields
(Harvard University, 1995-12) -
Experimenting with magnetism: Ways of learning of Joann and Faraday
(American Journal of Physics, 1997)This paper narrates learning as it evolved through experimental work and interpretation in two distinct investigations: the explorations of permanent magnets and needles conducted by a student, Joann, as I interactively ... -
Introducing Investigation into the Teaching and Learning Experiences of New Teachers of Science
(Education Resources Information Center, 2001) -
Playing with Light
(Educational Action Research, 2001)The authors conducted action research by developing workshops that involved teacher-participants in their own exploratory learning. The authors facilitated participants in researching of what they noticed, and wanted to ... -
Faraday and Piaget: Experimenting in relation with the world
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Nineteenth-Century Developments in Coiled Instruments and Experiences with Electromagnetic Induction
(Informa UK Limited, 2006)Faraday demonstrated electromagnetic induction in 1831 using an iron ring wound with two wire coils; on interrupting battery current in one coil, momentary currents arose in the other. Between Faraday’s ring and the induction ... -
Mirrors, swinging weights, lightbulbs…: Simple experiments and history help a class become a community
(https://www.frank-timme.de/en/programme/product/constructing_scientific_understanding_through_contextual_teaching, 2007) -
A witness account of solar microscope projections: collective acts integrating across personal and historical memory
(Cambridge University Press, 2008)The paper describes the author's witnessing of images projected from an eighteenth-century solar microscope made by John Dollond, now at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. Peter Heering facilitated this session as part of his ...