Practical Physics (Classic Reprint): Fundamental Principles and Applications to Daily Life: Fundamental Principles and Applications to Daily Life (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Black, N. Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330292243 ISBN 13: 9781330292242

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Practical Physics: Fundamental Principles and Applications to Daily Life

The World War has had many notable results, not the least important of which are: first, that it awakened a popular interest in and appreciation of physical and chemical science hitherto unmatched in the world's history; and second, that it led to an unparalleled concentration of able minds on practical or applied as distinguished from pure or theoretical physics and chemistry. There resulted many new applications of the fundamental principles of these sciences. Of these we have attempted to describe only such as seemed to us important in peace as well as in war; but even the few selected form an important addition to the domain of practical physics.

We have doubtless included in this book more material than it is advisable for any class to undertake in a single year. This gives the teacher an opportunity to adapt his instruction to local needs and to the time available. We believe that it is most important to select Carefully just what material can best be used and to teach that thoroughly, rather than to try to touch upon many topics superficially.

The present edition is as nearly like our former book in spirit, pedagogical method, and general content as the passage of nine years permits. In particular, we have tried to arrange the material in the most teachable order, to give clear and con cise summaries at the ends of the chapters, to set practical rather than artificial problems, to minimize the arithmetical drudgery involved in solving them, and to suggest many ques tions designed to get students into the habit of seeking useful information from the mechanics, artisans, engineers, and others whom they meet outside the classroom.

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Excerpt from Practical Physics: Fundamental Principles and Applications to Daily Life

The chief aim of the first edition of this book was to impress upon teacher and pupil alike that the study of physics is not merely an abstract mental exercise to be patiently undergone in the hope of training one's mind. It is rather a simple, straightforward attempt to understand and to use intelligently a multitude of familiar objects and devices that surround us on every hand. If rightly taught, physics should be the most popular subject in the curriculum; for no satisfaction is more complete than that which comes to a person already familiar with the fundamental principles of some branch of modern science who finds himself habitually and instinctively detecting and appreciating applications of these principles in unexpected places in the course of his daily life.

It was to suggest this point of view that we chose the title Practical Physics; and the same considerations led us to direct the student's attention chiefly to the familiar objects of everyday life rather than to the subtleties of molecular physics and atomic structure. Although the latter are of the greatest importance and interest to maturer students, they are nevertheless so far outside the experience of those who are approaching the subject for the first time as to seem inevitably more like "book learning" than like real life.

We have pursued the same course in the present revision. In particular we have been responsive to the fact that during the nine years since the first edition appeared, the automobile has ceased to be largely the plaything of the well-to-do, and has become the working tool of multitudes of families in city and country alike. As illustrative material for nearly every division of physics the modern automobile is especially appropriate because of this widespread familiarity on which a physics teacher can build.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330292243
• ISBN 13: 9781330292242
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 573