Electrical Words and Symbols: A Brief History

Autor/in	Auty, Geoff
Titel	Electrical Words and Symbols: A Brief History
Quelle	In: School Science Review, 94 (2012) 346, S.79-80 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6811
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Energy; Intellectual History; Semantics; Descriptive Linguistics; Orthographic Symbols; Concept Formation; Scientific Concepts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Energie; Geistesgeschichte; Semantik; Linguistics; Deskriptive Linguistik; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung
Abstract	Finding an old notice on a canal towpath inspired a consultation with colleagues and search for evidence in an old book to help people look into how the words and symbols used in the teaching of electricity have evolved, including the apparent oddity of the symbol "I" for current. It is easy to explain that people use the symbol "Q" for what is now called electric charge. The original concept was considered for electrostatics and was described as the quantity of electricity. Use of the letter "I" for current is a little harder to explain. However, one has to realise that, in the initial efforts to understand these ideas, scientists would find analogies with what was already established. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Association for Science Education. College Lane Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AA, UK. Tel: +44-1-707-283000; Fax: +44-1-707-266532; e-mail: info@ase.org.uk; Web site: http://www.ase.org.uk
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10