We set a simple experiment, with didactic purpose, for the determination of the density of the air, applying the principle of Archimedes. The equipment required is very cheap and easy to be found. […]
The article describes a numerical method to determine the parameters of the linear regression when are present errors in both coordinates. […]
Quantum mechanics and other 20th century developments of physics hugely changed certain basic ideas of classical physics such as determinism, realism and locality. The paper examines the evolution of these ideas through the discussion of both ideal and actually performed experiments. […]
The deviation to the east of a falling body is examined in the hypothesis that the body is dropped at the equator and the distance fallen is small so that the variation of gravity with height and air resistance may be neglected. […]
This paper describes the construction of a computer-based diagnostic module on the comprehension of the concept of average velocity. In the module, different kinds of mistakes are referred to a model of the users’ possible reasoning patterns. Accordingly the users are lead along different paths. […]