Communicating Physics

Communicating Physics
Author: Josep Simon
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0822981688

The textbooks written by Adolphe Ganot (1804-1887) played a major role in shaping the way physics was taught in the nineteenth century. Ganot's books were translated from their original French into more than ten languages, including English, allowing their adoption as standard works in Britain and spreading their influence as far as North America, Australia, India and Japan. Simon's Franco-British case study looks at the role of Ganot's two textbooks: Traite elementaire de physique experimentale et appliquee (1851) and Cours de physique purement experimentale (1859), and their translations into English by Edmund Atkinson. The study is novel for its international comparison of nineteenth-century physics, its acknowledgement of the role of book production on the impact of the titles, and for its emphasis on the role of communication in the making of science.

A brief guide to the Food Collection

A brief guide to the Food Collection
Author: Bethnal Green Museum
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2021-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A brief guide to the food collection is a close examination of human biology as well as various foods and their nutrients. It is a testament to the nutritional necessity of late-1800s English staples.

Parliamentary Papers

Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 554
Release: 1904
Genre: Bills, Legislative
ISBN:

Report

Report
Author: State Library of Massachusetts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1903
Genre: Libraries
ISBN: