Excerpt from Scientific Ideas of to-Day: A Popular Account of the Nature, of Matter, Electricity, Light, Heat, &C. &C., In Non-Technical Language
The more man's knowledge increases, the more do his text-books of science become necessarily complex and technical. To-day, few persons whose walk in life lies in other directions have either the time or the inclination to study technical treatises. And yet our scientific ideas of to-day are so very different from those of the preceding generation that many are desirous of understanding them. There is no reason why so many people should spend a lifetime upon this planet and know nothing or little of the forces by means of which the Creator formed the world, and maintains it in its present condition. Such questions as, What are the atoms of matter made of? What is light? What is electricity? and so on, are surely of interest to the tenants of this planet.
In the present volume the author has endeavoured to explain the scientific ideas of to-day without using language beyond the reach of any reader. His explanations demand no previous knowledge of science whatever, and no acquaintance with mathematics. The Warning, which is appended to this preface, has been suggested by incidents which have occurred in connection with some of the author's former books.
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