How Physicists Get Started Thinking About New Phenomena 2025 [revised]
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School of Arts & Sciences::Department of Physics::Department of Physics Papers
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Physics
Subject
dimensional analysis
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2025
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Nelson, Philip
Abstract
Dimensional reasoning is a general-purpose tool to organize physical ideas, catch clerical errors, and even generate physical hypotheses. Although physicists give it a lot of lip service, few university students appear comfortable with it even after a full year of introductory Physics. The presentation outlines high points of dimensional reasoning, starting at high school level and moving up from there.
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Date of presentation
2025-04-12
Conference name
AAPT regional meeting