Abstract
THE ability to deal with quantitative results is an essential qualification of a student of physical science. Laboratory work provides some material for the exercise of this faculty, but it is often necessary to use data obtained by others, and to work out problems other than those which are afforded by the student's own practical work. Dr. Maclean's book contains numerous exercises of this character, covering most of the subjects studied in courses of physical science, and many worked-out examples of typical cases suggesting methods of solution for those which follow. Wisely used, the book will provide teachers with useful exercises in mathematics applied to physics, and will make a convenient supplement to text-books in which such exercises are not given. Many text-books do contain questions upon the subjects dealt with, but even in these cases some good additional problems for solution could be selected from the book under notice.
Exercises in Natural Philosophy, with Indications how to Answer them.
By Prof. Magnus Maclean Pp. x + 266. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900.)
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Exercises in Natural Philosophy, with Indications how to Answer them . Nature 63, 154 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/063154a0
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