Author: Gustavus Hinrichs

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-11

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780266581635

Excerpt from The Elements of Physics: Demonstrated by the Student's Own Experiments In regard to science, our schools are not above the middle ages. Three hundred years ago students repeated the obscure statements of aristotle, of which a sample is given now our students repeat the statements of their text book, without obtaining any valid ground for the conviction they are made to express. The great work done by galileo for physical science in general, has not yet reached our schools. The method of scientific research, which he first so successfully 'practiced, and which alone can lead to conviction in the truth of the resalte obtained, has not yet gained admis sion to our schools. We venture with the present little work to knock at the doors of our schools in behalf of this method and in the interest of science. We do not advocate anything new. For two and a half centuries these very methods have been used, the grand structure of modern sci ence has resulted, and the course of civilization has been changed thereby. 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.