Issue 57

Pantaneto Introductory Physics Series  Seven titles in this series have just become available and can be ordered direct from the publishers here.

 

Mindboggling: Preliminaries to a science of the mind   by Roy Harris.  Do you have a mind?  Answers to this question have divided Western thinkers for centuries, and still do.  Mindboggling sets out to identify a nucleus of basic issues about the mind, and present the main arguments for and against in each case.  Targeted to a lay readership, each chapter discusses a different theory, myth or idea about the mind.  Anticipate wails from theorists whose theories have been given short shrift.  Mindboggling is available from Amazon (including Kindle), from Bookshops or direct from Publishers.

 

Science on Television by Bienvenido León.

The book is a clear and systematic guide to the narrative and rhetorical techniques used by science documentary filmmakers. The book is priced at £18.50, but for direct orders we are offering a 20% discount.  The book is also available on Amazon Kindle.

 

Motivating Science is a collection of articles from the first five years of The Pantaneto Forum.  We are offering a 20% discount for direct orders.  The book is also available on Amazon Kindle.

 

Contents

Articles

Do general chemistry textbooks facilitate conceptual understanding? Mansoor Niaz

 

Innovative Informal and Formal Science Education Programs in Israel: From the Kosher Pickle to Albert Einstein. Ronen Mir and Debby Mir

 

Cafés and Cultures. Duncan Dallas

 

The Questions Network. Ana María Jaramillo Escobar and Ana Cristina Abad Restrepo