At least in physics it's more like - remember the stuff from last year? That's an ok approximation, but here's a better model - or, now that you're more mathematically sophisticated here's a subtler way to reach the same result. The "lie" one is most likely to run into in high school science is a downplaying of the centrality of evolution in biology - depending on where one lives and who controls the school board, of course. - Philip On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Tucker wrote: > > >What I want is a book explosing all the lies in math and > >science texts. > > *snort* Good luck. According to some chemistry-major friends, every > successive year of chemistry classes opens with "Remember all that stuff > you learned last year? It's all completely bogus. Here's the way it > *really* is..." > > >I was really, really annoyed when I learned > >the truth about pendulums.... > > Eh? I took physics in high school from a moron, so I must have missed this one. > > > ---- > The time for action is past-- now is the time for senseless bickering! > --Ashleigh Brilliant > >