2001/10/07 by P. Fraundorf, Fraundorf, P.
Physics and Astronomy · #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Physics Education (physics.ed-ph) #gr-qc #physics.ed-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0110020
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openalex publication_date 2001/10/07 · arxiv created 2005/05/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Modification of three ideas underlying Newton's original world view, with only minor changes in context, might offer two advantages to introductory physics students. First, the students will experience less cognitive dissonance when they encounter relativistic effects. Secondly, the map-based Newtonian tools that they spend so much time learning about can be extended to high speeds, non-inertial frames, and even (locally, of course) to curved-spacetime.