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On Remote and Virtual Experiments in eLearning in Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

, , , , and . 2007 ASEE annual conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, (June 2007)

Abstract

The science of physics is built on theories and models as well as on experiments: the former structure relations and simplify reality to a degree such that predictions on physical phenomena can be derived by means of mathematics. The latter allow to verify --- or falsify --- these predic- tions. Computer sciences allow a new access to this relationship, especially well-suited for edu- cation: New Media and New Technologies provide simulations for the model, virtual instruments for running and evaluating real experiments and mathematical toolkits to solve equations derived from the theory analytically and to compare the outcome of all three methods. We will demon- strate this approach on two examples: Ferro-magnetism and elementary thermodynamics.

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