Light Science for Leisure Hours

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LibriVox recording of Light Science for Leisure Hours by Richard A. Proctor. Read in English by Lynda Marie Neilson; Tylar Farmer; Melissa Jean; Ashley M.; jcrosbie; Linda Johnson; April6090; realisticspeakers; Clive Catterall; Peter Yearsley In preparing these Essays, my chief object has been to present scientific truths in a light and readable form—clearly and simply, but with an exact adherence to the facts as I see them. I have followed—here and always—the rule of trying to explain my meaning precisely as I should wish others to explain, to myself, matters with which I was unfamiliar. Hence I have avoided that excessive simplicity which some seem to consider absolutely essential in scientific essays intended for general perusal, but which is often even more perplexing than a too technical style. The chief rule I have followed, in order to make my descriptions clear, has been to endeavour to make each sentence bear one meaning, and one only. Speaking as a reader, and especially as a reader of scientific books, I venture to express an earnest wish that this simple rule were never infringed, even to meet the requirements of style. It will hardly be necessary to mention that severa…

Directors & creators

Richard A. Proctor

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;science; physics; chemistry; astronomy; earth; short; volcano; Introduction; 1884; 2017; 1871

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