2008/11/06 by Tort, Alexandre C
#FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Physics Education (physics.ed-ph) #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0811.0954
Two problems from the Victorian Age, the subdivision of light and the determination of the leakage point in an undersea telegraphic cable are discussed and suggested as a concrete illustrations of the relationships between textbook physics and the real world. Ohm's law and simple algebra are the only tools we need to discuss them in the classroom.