(1) Practical Physics (2) Handbuch für physikalische Schülerübungen

Abstract

(1) OPINIONS will always vary as to the precise means to be adopted to achieve any definite end, and this is notably the case in the teaching of practical physics, as is shown by the many text-books on the subject. It is the more to be remarked that most teachers will readily subscribe to the thesis which Mr. Jones lays down, perhaps a little combatively, in the preface to his book, as to the fundamental idea of practical courses of physics. All students will agree that practice must illustrate and substantiate theory in a connected, logical manner, so that a “course” may review the fundamental conceptions of the subject, and, in so doing, train the reasoning power. Several textbooks, however, might be conceived as conforming to this canon.

(1) Practical Physics.

By L. M. Jones. Pp. viii + 330. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909.) Price 3s.

(2) Handbuch für physikalische Schülerübungen.

By Prof. Hermann Hahn. Pp. xv + 506. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1909.) Price 20 marks.