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Eric Mazur

(1954) Physicist

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Eric Mazur is a physicist.

Quick Facts About Eric Mazur

Born: November 14, 1954
Profession: Physicist

About Eric Mazur

[Wikidata] Dutch physicist... | [Wikipedia] Eric Mazur is a Dutch-born American physicist and educator at Harvard University, and an entrepreneur in technology start-ups for the educational and technology markets. Mazur's research is in experimental ultrafast optics, condensed matter physics and peer instruction. Born in Amsterdam, Netherland

Quotes by Eric Mazur

I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the…

Education

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Lecture is the transfer of the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the student without passing through either.

Knowledge

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The real hallmark of learning is transferring what you’ve learned into new contexts.

Education

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You can forget facts but you cannot forget understanding.

Facts

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Just as you can't become a marathon runner by watching marathons on TV, likewise for science, you have to go through the…

Instructors

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