ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Published:1992
Robert A. Morse, 1992. "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS", Teaching About Electrostatics: An AAPT/PTRA Resource, Robert A. Morse
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This workshop grew out of an attempt to design some quick electrostatics materials for a Saturday morning session for teachers which Charlie Toth and I were giving as a result of the AAPT Physics Teaching Resource Agent program, and Charlie was a major co-conspirator in the development of the first versions of this workshop. John Layman attended that session and encouraged us to develop our ideas further, and I would like to especially thank John for his support of this project over several years. My original interest in electrostatics was stimulated by the wonderful book by A. D. Moore (Electrostatics, Doubleday, 1968), and my first designs of electrostatic motors were inspired by the article by Jefimenko and Walker in the March 1971 Physics Teacher, and built with the assistance of Richard Copithorne, a student at Masconomet Regional High School in Topsfield, MA. The design philosophy of the experiments owes much to Ronald Edge and his String and Sticky Tape column in The Physics Teacher. William Beaty of the Boston Museum of Science has kindly shared ideas and notes with me. Bruce Sherwood at Carnegie-Mellon has asked good questions and made suggestions. Lillian McDermott at the University of Washington and Melvin Steinberg at Smith College have provided encouragement, support and inspiration. Bob Clark and Jim Nelson gave excellent help and suggestions for reshaping and extending the earlier versions, and I especially thank Mario Iona, who was intrepid enough to wade through the draft and provided valuable suggestions for refining this project. I also wish to thank the AAPT and NSF for developing and funding the PTRA project which got me involved in this work. Finally, I would like to thank the many teachers, PTRAs and students who used the materials and made suggestions for improvements.
This workshop grew out of an attempt to design some quick electrostatics materials for a Saturday morning session for teachers which Charlie Toth and I were giving as a result of the AAPT Physics Teaching Resource Agent program, and Charlie was a major co-conspirator in the development of the first versions of this workshop. John Layman attended that session and encouraged us to develop our ideas further, and I would like to especially thank John for his support of this project over several years. My original interest in electrostatics was stimulated by the wonderful book by A. D. Moore (Electrostatics, Doubleday, 1968), and my first designs of electrostatic motors were inspired by the article by Jefimenko and Walker in the March 1971 Physics Teacher, and built with the assistance of Richard Copithorne, a student at Masconomet Regional High School in Topsfield, MA. The design philosophy of the experiments owes much to Ronald Edge and his String and Sticky Tape column in The Physics Teacher. William Beaty of the Boston Museum of Science has kindly shared ideas and notes with me. Bruce Sherwood at Carnegie-Mellon has asked good questions and made suggestions. Lillian McDermott at the University of Washington and Melvin Steinberg at Smith College have provided encouragement, support and inspiration. Bob Clark and Jim Nelson gave excellent help and suggestions for reshaping and extending the earlier versions, and I especially thank Mario Iona, who was intrepid enough to wade through the draft and provided valuable suggestions for refining this project. I also wish to thank the AAPT and NSF for developing and funding the PTRA project which got me involved in this work. Finally, I would like to thank the many teachers, PTRAs and students who used the materials and made suggestions for improvements.
Portions of this work were supported by National Science Foundation grants 8850773, and MDR-9050189 with indirect support from other NSF-funded grants. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.