Reviews for Observer and Record of Agriculture, Science and Art (v.1)

The average rating for Observer and Record of Agriculture, Science and Art (v.1) based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-04-04 00:00:00 Brenda Allen Ok physics buffs! This is a hard book, kinda like physics bootcamp. But you'll be better for it--especially the young 'uns. I slugged it out with it under professorial supervision when I was an undergraduate over 30 years ago. Not that I was all that good a physics student, doing well on examinations and churning out reams of completed problem sets. Frankly, that was quite boring and I wonder that anyone could really love physics after several years of such drudgery. Perhaps that is why Americans have shied away from the subject in recent decades? Perhaps it is also the reason those nations whose ancient ancestors' success was determined by difficult imperial examinations are currently dominant in the field now? If Americans ever want to apply their native inventiveness and regain lost ground in physics, this is the book to start with. But find someone to read it with for maximum benefit.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-01-31 00:00:00 Tarnya Porter An interesting read that exposes how Mach changed his book 'Mechanics'. All of the modifications and additions are interesting and expose a lot of thought added to the project. The edition of the book isn't particularly nice. I wouldn't have minded the photocopied pages so much if the blurb didn't claim it had no photocopies.