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Peer reviewedChabay, Ruth W.; Sherwood, Bruce A. – American Journal of Physics, 1999
Argues that thermal physics should not be treated as a separate topic in introductory physics. Provides an example of a course that emphasizes physical modeling of the phenomenon in terms of the atomic nature of matter. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Atomic Theory, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Energy
