Jeremy I. Pfeffer
S/Y Barbara Ann
Sailor and Gentleman Scholar
B.Sc (Special Honours) in Chemistry; University of London.
A.R.C.S in Chemistry, Imperial College of Science & Technology, London.
M.Sc (with Distinction) in Science Teaching, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Thesis: An Evaluation of 10th Grade Chemistry in Selected Israeli High Schools.
Physics Teaching |
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מבוא לפיסיקה מודרנית (An Introduction to Modern Physics) |
The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem co-authored with Shlomo Nir: 1st Edition (1993); 2nd Edition (2002). |
| Modern Physics: An Introductory Text |
Imperial College Press, London co-authored with Shlomo Nir 1st Edition (2000); 2nd Edition (2013) |
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Student Texts |
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אור וצבע
(Light and Color: |
Weizmann Institute of Science. Youth Activities Division (1978) |
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פיסיקה נסיונית (A Physics Laboratory Manual for First Year Students) |
Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1990-2000) |
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הרצאות בפיסיקה - מכניקה (Lectures for First Year Students - Mechanics) |
Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1995) |
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הרצאות בפיסיקה – חשמל, מגנטיות וגלים
(Lectures for First Year Students |
Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1995) |
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Articles |
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| An Alternative Derivation of the Kinetic Theory of Gases | Phys. Educ. 34 237-239 (1999) |
| A Soap-film Motor | Phys. Educ. 37 77-78 (2002) |
| How Fast Can a Soap-film Roll a Glass Rod? | Phys. Educ. 37 78-80 (2002) |
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Physics on a Shoestring: Experiments with Soap Films |
ICPE-EPEC 2013 Proceedings, pp.775-783 |
Biblical and Jewish Historical Studies |
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Books |
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Malbim's Job: The Book of Job Translated and Interpreted According to the Commentary of Rabbi Meir Lebush Malbim |
Ktav Publishing, New York (2002). |
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Providence in the Book of Job: The Search for God’s Mind |
Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, Sussex, England (2005) |
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From One End of the Earth to the Other; The London Bet Din 1805- 1855 and the Jewish Convicts Transported to Australia |
Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, Sussex, England (2009) |
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Articles |
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| The Rainbow |
Niv Hamidrashia, Spring-Summer 1971 |
| The First Bet Din Convened in Australia |
Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, XVIII, Part 3 (2007) |
| The Skeleton in Isaac Nathan’s Cupboard |
Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, Part 1, Vol. XX (2010) |
| Isaac Nathan’s Angst |
Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, Part 3, Vol. XXI (2010) |
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From Sheerness to Van Diemens Land: The Saga of Judah and Joseph Solomon |
Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, Vol.XXI, Part 4 (2014) |
| Clandestine Conversions (Giurim) | Segula, Issue 22 (July 2014) Jerusalem, p.49-53. |
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A Controversy in the Amsterdam Community in 1650: Can a Ger Tzedek be Appointed Parnass? |
Hakirah, Vol.19 (Summer 2015), p.117-142. |
| סגולה, גיליון 49 (סיוון תשע"ד / יוני 2014), ירושלים,עמ' 36-41. | דיינים במחתרת |
| סגולה, גיליון 52 (אלול תשע"ד / ספטמבר 2014), ירושלים, עמ' 28-37 | בזכות קצין סקוטי שובב |
Medieval and Early Modern Hebrew Manuscripts |
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The John Fell Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts at Christ Church Library, Oxford Introductory Studies and Notes |
CreateSpace Publishing Platform (2019).
http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/ |
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Articles |
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Authorship in a Hebrew Codex: Ms.199. Tracing Two Lost Works by Delmedigo. |
Christ Church Library Newsletter, Vol.6, Iss.3, 2010 |
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From Eisenstadt to Oxford: The Provenance of Ms 199 in the Hebrew Collection of Christ Church Library. |
Christ Church Library Newsletter, Vol.9, 2012-3 |
| Moses ibn Tibbon’s Hebrew Translation of Al-Hassar’s 12th century Arithmetical Treatise Kitab al Bayan. |
MAA Press Periodicals: Convergence, May (2017) DOI:10.4169/convergence20170501 http://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/ moses-ibn-tibbon-s-hebrew-translation-of-al-hassars-kitab-al-bayan |