How to Study
Illustrated Through Physics (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from How to Study: Illustrated Through Physics<br><br>Nearly everywhere the principal emphasis in instruction is on knowledge. Tests or examinations on knowledge are the basis of ratings and promotions, and therefore the goal both of private study and of class work. While method is a frequent subject of discussion, it is the method rather of the teacher than of the learner, and even it is judged by the extent to which it leads to acquisition of knowledge. The fact that young people have a method of their own, that its quality is of vital importance, and that it needs great improvement is generally overlooked; fir it is unrelated to tests.<br><br>A very different conception of teaching is represented in this monograph. Physical Science is shown to owe its progress to improvement in the method of studying it; and as a result of such improvement a single day now brings a greater advance in knowledge of the physical world than did the first thousand years of the Christian era.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.