Talk:Eugene Hecht

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What is the source of the birth date 1938 ? I was born in 12/2/38 (E.H.) In LCCN and Pamela Kalte etal. American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004, its 1931.--Claude J (talk) 20:19, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hecht took an unconventional view of energy in Physics Teacher and in European Journal of Physics. Evidently editors of these journals saw fit to publish his ideas. But his views were found wanting by another author in European Journal of Physics, so the contrary view was cited in this article to balance Hecht's stance. However, a Wikipedia editor has reverted this rebuttal for reasons having nothing to do with this article. The rebuttal should be restored.Rgdboer (talk) 05:14, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The refutation by Peter J. Riggs is also supported by another article he wrote on inference in physics: more on potential energy by Riggs. Hecht's position needs the counterweight of Riggs' work. Rgdboer (talk) 05:16, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

From the edit comment [1], it appears that User Adakiko is concerned with possible conflicts of interest when it comes to referencing of Riggs' articles by anon-IPs. After scanning the links at User_talk:219.90.190.170, I too would be wary about using such references, and I don't see a compelling need to draw attention to Riggs' papers in this article. Yes, there's been some back and forth, with Hecht offering his own rebuttal to Riggs' paper. But the fact that Hecht's perspective is non-mainstream is already evident from the text.—Myasuda (talk) 02:28, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]