caa a22 4500 46320574X CHVBK 20180405153125.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11191-006-9030-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11191-006-9030-1 Thought Experiments in the Theory of Relativity and in Quantum Mechanics: Their Presence in Textbooks and in Popular Science Books [Elektronische Daten] [Athanasios Velentzas, Krystallia Halkia, Constantine Skordoulis] Abstract.: This work investigates the presence of Thought Experiments (TEs) which refer to the theory of relativity and to quantum mechanics in physics textbooks and in books popularizing physics theories. A further point of investigation is whether TEs - as presented in popular physics books - can be used as an introduction to familiarize secondary school students with physics theories of the 20th century. The study of textbooks and popular physics books showed that authors of both types of books consider TEs as an important tool when presenting the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. Furthermore, a qualitative research conducted in secondary education revealed that the historical TEs which were transformed into forms accessible to the public could trigger students' interest and act as educational material to familiarize them with concepts and principles of the 20th century physics. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 thought experiments nationallicence relativity nationallicence quantum mechanics nationallicence textbooks nationallicence popular physics books nationallicence Velentzas Athanasios Laboratory of Science Education, Epistemology and Educational Technology (ASEL), University of Athens, Navarinou 13a, 10680, Athens, Greece aut Halkia Krystallia Laboratory of Science Education, Epistemology and Educational Technology (ASEL), University of Athens, Navarinou 13a, 10680, Athens, Greece aut Skordoulis Constantine Laboratory of Science Education, Epistemology and Educational Technology (ASEL), University of Athens, Navarinou 13a, 10680, Athens, Greece aut Science & Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 16/3-5(2007-03-01), 353-370 0926-7220 16:3-5<353 2007 16 11191 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-006-9030-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-006-9030-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Velentzas Athanasios Laboratory of Science Education, Epistemology and Educational Technology (ASEL), University of Athens, Navarinou 13a, 10680, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Halkia Krystallia Laboratory of Science Education, Epistemology and Educational Technology (ASEL), University of Athens, Navarinou 13a, 10680, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Skordoulis Constantine Laboratory of Science Education, Epistemology and Educational Technology (ASEL), University of Athens, Navarinou 13a, 10680, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science & Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 16/3-5(2007-03-01), 353-370 0926-7220 16:3-5<353 2007 16 11191 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer