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Posted by Ed Seedhouse on 03/11/07 00:26
On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:19:38 GMT, Randy Howard
<randyhoward@FOOverizonBAR.net> wrote:
>I've had this problem on more than a few occasions with my own kids,
>where their textbooks have outright falsehoods in them, which of course
>you can either argue with, and get answers wrong on the test
It's been going on far longer than that of course. Back in the 1950's
the government approved Grade 10 Science text of the day in British
Columbia explained the working concept of a two stage rocket
incorrectly.
Having read Willy Ley's book "Rockets, Missiles & Space Travel" I knew
better of course, but for some reason my Science teacher didn't buy my
explanation, thinking that of course the text book must be right. It
was government approved, after all.
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