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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 April 2014
    18 April 2013
    ISBN:
    9781139542623
    9781108057394
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139542623
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.43kg, 340 Pages
    • Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Education
    Subjects:
    History of Science, Education, Education, History, Theory, General Science
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Education
    Subjects:
    History of Science, Education, Education, History, Theory, General Science
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    John Ayrton Paris (1785–1856), writer and physician, became a member of the Linnean Society in 1810, and served as president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1844 until his death. Intended for children and originally composed for the author's family, this three-volume work about science was first published in 1827. Dedicated to the writer Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849) and with illustrations by George Cruikshank (1792–1878), it aims 'to blend amusement with instruction', since youth, as Paris writes, 'is naturally addicted to amusement'. Topics covered in Volume 1 include momentum, geometry, elasticity and rotatory motion; the science behind these is demonstrated using a yo-yo, a jack-in-the-box and a slingshot, among various other toys and games. A fascinating and popular text in the history of science education, the engaging narrative seeks to prove 'how profitably, and agreeably, the machinery of fiction may be worked for the dissemination of truth'.

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