Proceedings of the Fifth International  Conference for History of Science in Science Education

Keszthely, Hungary at the Festetics Palace

12-16 July, 2004

Table of Contents*

• Abstract only

Introduction Stephen Klassen

Zemplén’s Monograph on “Electricity and its Practical Applications” from 1910 Ivan Abonyi

*Learning from Medieval Mathematics: Nicole Oresme’s approach to series and “qualities.” Jeff Babb

Structure of Dimensions/Revolution of Dimensions (Classical and Fractal) in Education and Science József Berke

Q. Majorana’s Experiments on Gravitational Absorption: Further Documents and Manuscripts Giorgio Dragoni

*The “Kármán vortex street”: approaches to fluid dynamics with a historical and phenomenological perspective Michael Eckert

The Story of the Light Ray and Vision as a Story for Teaching Optics as a Discipline-Culture Igal Galili

Fleas Like Elephants, Lice Like Bears: 18th Century Solar Microscope Projections Between Enlightened Natural Philosophy and Amusement For Women and Children Peter Heering

Push-Button Experiments in Museums: An Original Experiment of Röntgen Sándor Jeszenszky

Concepts of the Electron Stephen Klassen

The Zemplén Competitions and Memorial Days in Nagykanizsa as Homage to the Brilliant Hungarian Physicist László Kovács

Measuring Speed of Light: Why ? Speed of what? Pierre Lauginie

*Geometry for Nunavut: A postmodern approach to the cognition of Archimedes Ralph Mason

*How Bad Philosophy Leads Educational Research Astray Some Comments on Constructivism, Feminism, and Multiculturalism Michael Matthews

Logbooks and Journals: Using Historical Materials in School Science Barbara McMillan

Using Historical Narratives to Guide Science Experiments Don Metz

*How we are using the history of physics in our schoolbooks? László Molnár

*Let’s play! Designing games that facilitate the learning of science Georgios Primerakis & Vassilis Koulountzos *Teaching ways of thinking instead of overcoming ideas: The case of idealization Fanny Seroglou

*Ars Computi Wesley M. Stevens

Using Thought Experiments to Teach Einstein’s Ideas Art Stinner & Don Metz

*Historical Surprises Roger H. Stuewer

*Georg Simon Ohm, Ohm’s Law, and Electrical Resistance Jürgen Teichmann

A Hundred Years Make No Small Difference: Popularization of Science in Hungary at the Turn of Two Centuries: Győző Zemplén’s Conventionalism and Modern Fundamentalists Gábor Á. Zemplén Zemplén: The Scientist and the Teacher László Kovács, (Ed.)