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A teacher who loves his subject will find matter of interest for his pupils even in its most prosaic parts. “This book,” writes Mr. Cochrane in an interesting Preface, “is an attempt to humanise Elementary Physics without popularising it.” We are of opinion that in this task the author has achieved very considerable success. Theory has been given the main prominence. Experiments have not been described unless to elucidate principles. References to the makers of scientific history are frequent, and are reinforced by a number of interesting plates which include portraits of Newton, Pascal, Boyle, Galileo, and Joseph Black. The pupil's own experience is brought into connexion with physical principles as often as possible. Part 1, which might have been called Mechanics instead of Hydrostatics since it includes chapters on volume, weight, and density (not to mention surveying), occupies about two-thirds of the book, the remainder being devoted to what is certainly a “readable ”account of the elementary principles of heat.
Readable School Physics.
J. A.
Cochrane
By. Pp. xi + 131. (London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1922.) 2s. 4d.
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Readable School Physics . Nature 110, 340 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110340d0
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