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David W. Snoke
2003 (softbound edition), Access Research Network, 532 pp.
Intended Audience: Homeschool, Private School, Ages 15 to Adult
Last Fall we announced we were working on a new Physics textbook project with Dr. David Snoke and we are happy to announce it is now available. For those of you who had a near-death experience with physics in high school or college—read on. This is not your typical physics textbook. Dr. Snoke takes an integrated approach by teaching physics in the context of Judeo/Christian theology, philosophy and western culture. This book may not be a big hit in the public schools where science is only taught in the context of naturalism, but we think private schools and homeschoolers will find this a refreshing alternative to the standard fare. In fact many of you who studied traditional physics may enjoy revisiting the topic in a new context with Dr. Snoke.
Dr. David Snoke is an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. Several years ago he was asked by a homeschool group to teach a physics course for high schoolers. What started as a single class has developed into a new high school textbook and a new integrated approach to teaching physics.
This book is intended for a single year-long course of high school physics or an introductory course of college physics. It presents an overview of the entire subject of physics. This book is not just another version of the standard introductory physics text; it is an entirely new approach to physics. Some educators will find it surprising that the book leaves out, or treats in very brief fashion, several topics that are covered extensively in typical physics books, such as inclined planes, springs, etc. The reason is there are two kinds of physics courses. One type of course answers the question, "What introductory material should an engineer or science major in college study?" A second type of course answers the question, "What should every educated person know about physics, assuming that he or she never studies physics again?" This course is designed to answer the second question. As such, it spends a large fraction of the time on modern physics, the types of questions that modern physicists actually think about.
Some educators will find it surprising that many fairly advanced topics of philosophy and Christian theology are included in this course. Is this appropriate for high school or college students? Absolutely. Why should students be experts in machinery and equations and unlearned in related philosophical and theological questions? Historically, physics and philosophy have interacted strongly under the name Natural Philosophy, hence the title of this book.
The interaction of the Bible and science has been a central ingredient of
the development of natural philosophy in the Western world, and this interaction
still affects the politics of science and education in the
About the Author
Dr. David Snoke received his Bachelor’s degree in physics (magna cum
laude) from Cornell University in 1983 and his Ph.D. in physics from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990. He is presently Associate
Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, where
he has been since 1994 (http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/People/Faculty/D_Snoke.htm).
Before that, he was an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow at the Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart, Germany, and worked
in industry at various times for the Westinghouse Research and Development
Center in Pittsburgh and the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles. He has
published two books with Cambridge University Press on the physics of Bose-Einstein
Condensation, and he has published over 50 articles in refereed scientific
journals on his research on the optics of semiconductors and other materials.
He is director of the Photonics program at the University of Pittsburgh and
directs a laser laboratory funded by the National Science Foundation and the
Department of Energy. He is currently preparing a new textbook for Addison-Wesley
on general solid state physics theory. David Snoke is also a licensed preacher
and an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), and has published
several articles and a short book on the relationship of science and faith.
He and his wife have homeschooled their four children for the past 14 years
and are active in the Pittsburgh East Area Christian Homeschoolers (PEACH),
their local homeschool support group. Natural
Philosophy: A Survey of Physics and Western Thought was developed from
materials originally used in a physics class taught for that group.
To view sample passages from the book go to http://snoke2.phyast.pitt.edu/hsbook/hsbook.html
To order all 532 pages of Natural Philosophy: A Survey of Physics and Western Thought for only $39.95 plus shipping, go to: http://www.arn.org/arnproducts/php/book_show_item.php?id=60
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