General physics for the laboratory: by Lloyd W. Taylor, William W. Watson and Carl E. Howe. 107 pages, illustrations, charts and diagrams, 20 × 28 cms. New York, Ginn and Company, 1942. Price $2.00
✍ Scribed by R.H. Oppermann
- Book ID
- 104133336
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1943
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 235
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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✦ Synopsis
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BOOK REVIEWS. 431
This text is the ctiperative effort of several authors.
It has now been revised in accordance with longer experience in teaching, new material, and with more flexibility in its applications as to the time which may be allotted for study.
The work opens with a description of the solar system, its origin, the earth, the atmosphere and the hydrosphere. This is followed with the subject of energy including sound, heat, electrical, and light energy.
What may be classed with or next to this, is the structure of matter and radiant energy, free electrons and the realm of the nucleus.
Chemistry is the next subject beginning with discussions of the elements and the periodic system, chemical structure and proceeding through acids, bases, salts, ionic equilibrium, organic compounds and the production and use of chemicals.
The final chapters are devoted to the sun and stars, methods of measuring the universe, and the formation of a picture of the universe and arrangement of its contents.
The presentation is in the form of a text of college freshman grade with problems for exercise at the ends of chapters as well as suggested references for supplementary reading.
The book is well illustrated with diagrams and photographs and the subject index in the back adds to its value for reference purposes.
The book is good for use in the classroom and for home study by those who are to pursue a scientific career and those who just wish a genera1 knowledge. In addition to furnishing a basis upon which an appreciation can be had of the universe, the book shows how a scientist arrives at some of his conclusions, thereby giving an appreciation of the scientific method.
Ii. H. OPPERMANN.