Learning About Conceptual Understanding by Examining the History of Science
The NSTA publishes a list of science books that includes outstanding, historical scientists like Galileo and inspiring science books like Science for all Americans (AAAS 1988) and Benchmarks for Science Literacy (2009). Science historians are scholars who delve into the original works of the scientists and try to understand their thinking, philosophy and background. They try to explain why some scientists changed their theoretical views […]