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Peer reviewedDanesh, Iraj – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1991
An educational technique to calculate the lifetime of a comet using software-generated random numbers is introduced to undergraduate physiques and astronomy students. Discussed are the generation and eligibility of the required random numbers, background literature related to the problem, and the solution to the problem using random numbers.…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Enrichment
