Practical use of simulations to study relative motion
by L. Borghi, A. De Ambrosis, G. Gazzaniga, L. Ironi, P. Mascheretti, C.I. Massara
in Computer & Education, 16, 2 (1991), 157-166.
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a package, based on computer simulations, designed to
help students visualize the motion of an object in different frames of reference.
It shows that, to describe a motion, the observer must define a frame of reference in which the motion is being analysed, and helps students to
arrive at the Galilean transformation by themselves.
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Liliana Ironi
June 25th, 1996