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A Text-Book of Physics

Coleman S. E. (Silas Ellsworth) 1865-

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Description:Excerpt from A d104-Book of PhysicsThe present tendency in physics teaching is to attach less importance to the formal and academic features of the subject, and to lay greater stress on the applications of physics in daily life. This change of front is in accord with the general movement in education which seeks to give the subjects of instruction a more useful content, drawn from the social and industrial life of the time. Judged by this standard, the kind of physics which views the util ities from afar or ignores them altogether is discredited. But a word of caution is clearly in order. A new truth is never the whole truth. The older physics had much to commend it, despite the caustic criticisms of zealous reformers; for the most practical thing in the world is the foundation of pure science upon which applied sci ence rests. T o eliminate or minimize the fundamentals while attempting to teach their applications is not to pro vide a royal road to learning, but a fool's highway to pretentious ignorance. Pure and applied Science are equally essential to a well rounded course. The one alone is barren; the other, when not well founded in the first, is superficial, disconnected, and trivial.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Text-Book of Physics. To get started finding A Text-Book of Physics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from A d104-Book of PhysicsThe present tendency in physics teaching is to attach less importance to the formal and academic features of the subject, and to lay greater stress on the applications of physics in daily life. This change of front is in accord with the general movement in education which seeks to give the subjects of instruction a more useful content, drawn from the social and industrial life of the time. Judged by this standard, the kind of physics which views the util ities from afar or ignores them altogether is discredited. But a word of caution is clearly in order. A new truth is never the whole truth. The older physics had much to commend it, despite the caustic criticisms of zealous reformers; for the most practical thing in the world is the foundation of pure science upon which applied sci ence rests. T o eliminate or minimize the fundamentals while attempting to teach their applications is not to pro vide a royal road to learning, but a fool's highway to pretentious ignorance. Pure and applied Science are equally essential to a well rounded course. The one alone is barren; the other, when not well founded in the first, is superficial, disconnected, and trivial.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Text-Book of Physics. To get started finding A Text-Book of Physics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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