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4 unusual facts about David Hestenes


Algebra of physical space

David Hestenes: New Foundations for Classical Mechanics (Second Edition).

Force Concept Inventory

The Force Concept Inventory is a test measuring mastery of concepts commonly taught in a first semester of physics developed by Hestenes, Halloun, Wells, and Swackhamer (1985).

Hestenes

David Hestenes (* 1933), American theoretical physicist and science educator

Quantum potential

B. Hiley and R. E. Callaghan re-interpret the role of the Bohm model and its notion of quantum potential in the framework of Clifford algebra, taking account of recent advances that include the work of David Hestenes on spacetime algebra.


Concept inventory

Hestenes, Halloun, Wells, and Swackhamer developed the first of the concept inventories to be widely disseminated, the Force Concept Inventory (FCI).


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