Paul G. Hewitt

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Paul G. Hewitt

For the Georgia Tech basketball coach, see Paul Hewitt.

Paul G. Hewitt is an American physicist, former boxer, uranium prospector, sign painter, author, and cartoonist born in Saugus, Massachusetts in 1930. Hewitt currently resides in both Hilo, Hawaii and St. Petersburg, Florida.Andrew Schaad is a total noobtard.

Conceptual Physics

During 1964, Hewitt began his teaching career at the City College of San Francisco, and in 1980 began teaching even courses for the general public at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Hewitt decided to abandon his teaching career at both the Berkeley and Santa Cruz campuses within the University of California, choosing to move to Hawaii and resume his teaching career at the University of Hawaii within the Hilo and Manoa campuses.

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The 9th Edition of Conceptual Physics

During Hewitt's teaching career at the University of Hawaii, his charisma, thrusting jubilant method of teaching Physics inspired him to begin videotaping his lectures; now sold in a thirty-four lecture set distributed by Addison-Wesley and Pearson PLC, titled Conceptual Physics Alive!.

In 1987, Hewitt began writing high-school versions of Conceptual Physics, which was also published by Addison-Wesley. Hewitt simultaneously taught classes upon his return to the City College of San Francisco that were also videotaped and distributed in a twelve lecture set distributed worldwide. Conceptual Physics on the high-school level is now on its third edition and has transferred its publication to Prentice Hall. Conceptual Physics on the college-level is now on its ninth edition and is still published by the Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.

Hewitt has also co-authored, Conceptual Physical Science with his daughter Leslie Hewitt, a geologist, and his nephew, John Suchocki, a former chemistry instructor whom of which taught at the Leeward Community College in Oahu, Hawaii and Lee, a former favorite student. Throughout his career, Hewitt has only released one trade book entitled: Touch This-Conceptual Physics for Everyone (previously titled Conceptual Physics for Everyone).

"This article is accurate but doesn't present a complete picture. Paul was from the Boston area. His most notable skill was drawing (he illustrates his books). He became a billboard painter in Miami. While standing on a platform suspended by ropes in front of the billboard he started thinking about how the platform was balanced and where the ropes were placed. He didn't know then that he was contemplating "Static Equilibrium". Paul wanted answers and started college at 28. He had a hard time with Physics that was full of complicated math and really boring. He realized how important it was for students to learn, understand and apply physics. This desire is what started the "Conceptaul" series of textbooks. He wrote about physics in an interesting and less mathematical nature. He used bright colors, cartoonish illustrations and everyday examples of the laws of physics. He created student curiousity.

In making Physics exciting and fun, Paul encouraged more students to study physics. Paul made the teaching and understanding of Physics "Conceptual". Paul's legacy will not be his textbooks alone. His greatest legacy will be the thousands of students that were inspired by his teachings and went on to become great scientists.

In his private life as well as his public life, Paul is a caring, generous and thoughtful person." Larry Tunison.

Presently

Hewitt is currently a column editor for The Physics Teacher, the monthly magazine of the American Association of Physics Teachers.

Achievements

• First Prize for Science - American Education Film Festival (1977)
• American Association of Physics Teachers, Millikan Award (1982)
• Honoree of Paul G. Hewitt Scholarships for Future High School Physics Teachers (2002-)

External links

• Paul G. Hewitt books on BarnesandNoble.com