Abstract
THIS book, combined with vol. 1, “is intended to cover the fundamentals of all branches of electrical engineering dealt with in the usual three years day courses”. The intention is an ambitious one, and, while the book compares very favourably with others of a like nature, it is not surprising that the result is a superficial treatment of doubtful value to the serious student, It is to be hoped that the average undergraduate is given a deeper insight into the fundamentals of the subject than is provided by the author. The book could have been improved considerably in this respect by the exclusion of those topics which it has not been possible to deal with adequately, of empirical data, constructional details and illustrations, experimental tables, etc., and the real scope increased correspondingly by deeper inquiry into the physical principles underlying the operation of the apparatus and equipment discussed. One of the primary aims in teaching should be to stimulate critical analysis and flexibility of outlook, and the author's treatment of the subject is unlikely to assist materially in this direction., The task attempted is made difficult by the rapid growth of the subject, and in these circumstances it is questionable whether any really useful purpose can now be served by books of this 'comprehensive' type.
Electrical Engineering
W. Tolmé
Maccall
By. Vol. 2. Pp. viii + 463 (London: University Tutorial Press, Ltd., 1942.) 15s.
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Electrical Engineering. Nature 150, 222 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150222d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/150222d0