The discipline and the content of kinematics in physics text books of Brazil – 1801 to 1930

In this paper we analyzed how the content of kinematics was presented in Physics textbooks used in the Brazilian school since the 19th century to the 1930’s. We showed that the textbooks used at the beginning of the studied period were in its most part French. But, at the end of the 19th century and...

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Main Authors: Roberto B. Nicioli Junior, Cristiano Rodrigues de Mattos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2008-12-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID196/v13_n3_a2008.pdf