Abstract
SCHOOL text-books of science sometimes fall between two stools. They should either be so fully written and so easily read that the pupil can learn his subject from them with the minimum of help from his teacher, or they should be so strictly abridged that the teacher is not embarrassed when he tries to develop the work along his own lines. Too often a beginner is only hampered by having a new subject presented to him in two different ways at the start. Messrs. Humby and Goddard and Mr. Shackel have avoided this difficulty in their two books, in which there are many points of resemblance ; for they offer the pupils a clear outline of their subjects, supported by a great number of questions taken from examination papers of matriculation standard.
(1) A School Physics: Revision Notes and Questions:
Hydrostatics, Heat, Light and Sound. By S. R. Humby and F. W. Goddard. Pp. viii + 235. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1937.) 3s.
(2) Concise School Physics:
Mechanics. By R. G. Shackel. Pp. vii + 184. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1937.) 2s. 9d.
(3) Electricity and Magnetism
By Dr. R. G. Mitton. (Dent's Modern Science Series.) Pp. x + 272. (London: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1937.) 3s. 6d.
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(1) A School Physics: Revision Notes and Questions: (2) Concise School Physics: (3) Electricity and Magnetism. Nature 142, 551–552 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142551a0
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