The make-believe world of real-world physics Keynote/Plenary talk to be presented by Eric Mazur at the AAPT 2008 Summer Meeting (Millikan Award lecture) at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, AB, Canada on 22 July 2008 at 4 pm Host: Harvey Leff  alerts       email to friend Abstract:   That physics describes the real world is a given for physicists. In spite of tireless efforts by instructors to connect physics to the real world, students walk away from physics courses believing physicists live in a world of their own. Are students clueless about the real world? Or are we perhaps deluding ourselves and misleading our students about the real world?

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