Evening star., 1921-12-25
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
One Hundred Popular Books in
Science.

One Hundred Popular Books in
Science.
The following list, which will ap-
pear in this column successive Sun
days in December and be reprinted in
the library's January bulletin for
free distribution. was compiled by a
committee of the Washington Acad-
emy of Sciences at the request of the
public librarian.
Astronomy.
Abbot. c. G. The Sun. 1911. Best
book on the sun: readable, though
technical in places.
Ball. r. S. The Story of the Heavens.
1892. Delightfully."- written in pop
ular language.
Dyson. +. W. Astronomy. 1918 Ele-
mentary. yet thoroughly reliable.
Evolution. 1908. Interesting, well
illustrated, authoritative summary
of results relating to the consti-
tuition of stars and sun.
Lewis. l. NJ. Splendors of the Sky.
1920. Popular, accurate. up-to-
McKready. Kelvin. A Beginners
Star Book. 1912. Many fine illus
trations.
Turner. H H. A Voyage Through
Space. 1915. Pleasingly written
and reliable.
tronomy. 1919. Twelve lectures
on modern astronomy by members
of the Mount Wilson and Lick OBJ
servatory staffs. Accurate, inter-
esting, non-technical.
Chemistry.
Slosson, E. E. Creative Chemistry
1920. Very interesting, readable
book, showing particularly the
important place of chemistry in
modern industry and warfare. A
can do, rather than book of
chemistry. Can be recommended
both to general and technical
readers.
Hendrick, Ellwood. Everyman's
Chemistry. 1917. Specifically de
they do not know anything about
the subject"
Duncan, r. K. The Chemistry of
Commerce. 1907. Interesting in
depreciation of various phases of
modern industrial chemistry.
Martin, Godfrey. Modern Chemistry
and Its Wonders. 1915. Describes
in technical language some of
the striking modern advances in
chemistry.
Physics.
Soddy, Frederick. Matter and En-
ergy. 1912. One of the best avail
able accounts of fundamental
physical and chemical principles.
Very brief, comprehensive. au-
thoritative.
Trx, I'll ST.
1884. Though now fifty years old,
these spirited essays by the most
ardent proponent of the scientific
method remain essentially correct
and only the more firmly estab-
lished by the later progress which
has amplitied our knowledge in
these fields.
Einstein. Albert. Relatively. 1920.
AS simple an account as is readily
possible of old and new theories
of relativity by the originator and
leader Of this revolutionary school
of thought.
whetham. w. C. D. The Recent De-
velopment of Physical Science.
1909. One of the Cambridge
school of physicists tells of the
work on the borderland of physics
and chemistry during the impor-
tant period to which he and his
colleagues made valuable contri-
Ames, j. S The Constitution of Mat
ter. 1913. Long and varied eX-
perience and close association
with developments of modern
physics enabled the author to pro-
duce this valuable book. Com
bines comprehensiveness with
Fleming, j. a. Waves and Ripples in
Water, Air and Aether. 1902. Old
book-course of Christmas lee
lures to a juvenile audience at the
Royal Institute. London - but
much of the field covered has not
changed in recent years. Most
readable, instructive, delightful.
Perry. John. Spinning Tops. 1901.
Popular lecture stimulating the
Imagination by illustrating the
wealth of interesting phenomena
connected with a commonplace toy
and the elegant simplicity with
which the science of mechanics
unifies these effects.
Miller, D. c. The Science of Musical
Sounds. 1916. Written by one of
the foremost authorities in Amer
lea; very readable and particular
ly strong on the experimental
side.