Subject: Re: teaching physics
I also learned somewhat chronologically (Newton, Maxwell, Einstein...). But the article is commenting on observed results, and apparently they are -so far- very promising. Obviously, you don't throw tensors at 4th graders. If I understand what they're doing, they are teaching in a descriptive fashion, and saving the math for later when the kids advance enough. Newtonian mechanics are kinda boring compared to Einstein. Yeah, you can predict dropping balls and such, but black holes are cooler. ;-)