Cavicchi, Elizabeth: Recent submissions
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The spiral conductor of Charles Grafton Page: Reconstructing experience with the body, more options, and ambiguity
(National Museums Scotland, 2011)Following discoveries of self-induction made by Faraday (1834) and Henry (1832/1835), Harvard medical student Charles Grafton Page took bodily shocks in 1836 from his homemade spiralled conductor while interrupting its ... -
Shadows of Light and History in Explorative Teaching and Learning
(Tipographia Editora Expressa, 2013)Shadows are everyday phenomena that intrigued people in the past and remain accessible today. Shadows and history provided the context for Jab activities among two teachers who participated with me as learners under the ... -
Reflections on the Teaching of Gerbert of Aurillac
(Universitalia, 2010)For one born to French peasants, Gerbert took advantage of exceptional educational opportunities: monastic training at Aurillac; mathematical studies in Spain; tutoring the Pope and Emperor in Rome. Serving Reims cathedral ...