Good eye tongzilla. I did not like to see that "definition" of acceleration either - once you pointed it out. Hope to see changed. IMO it is one of those things that might be used to discredit the book or make people think less of it.
Well, here's how I found this unforgivable error.
I was showing a golfing friend about TGM, going on about how amazing it is, it's the bible, etc, etc...
And the guy has a physics background, and was scanning through the book, complaining about how badly laid out it was (well, I get that the whole time, and I understand the genius in laying out the book as it is, so I could deal with that!). But then, he told me there's a factual error in the book. My immediate reaction is there is never a factual error in TGM, just concepts you don't understand yet. But after taking a real look and giving a bit of real thought, the nightmare has come true! Homer has indeed got it wrong! That was slightlyembarassing for me...
So I totally agree with you Metallion, I don't want people to discredit Homer's work just because of a definition error. But some people do. They think, "Why listen to a guy who doesn't even know what's acceleration?"That would be a big shame. But this is a serious error and do have serious conceptual implications. Error must be corrected!
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