Snuder William H. Everday Science

Boston etc: Allen and Bacon, 1919. — 698 p.Everday Science was written primarily for eighth and ninth grade pupils who will never have any further training in science. The book, therefore, covers a wide field, and does not unduly emphasize any of the special sciences. The subject matter is chosen not for the purpose of appealing to any group of special science teachers, but rather with a view to making pupils as intelligent and useful citizens as possible. The book is, first of all, both interesting and simple, and aims not only to furnish a fund of valuable scientific information, but also to arouse scientific curiosity and to encourage further study both in and out of school. It will inculcate scientific habits of thought, and will substitute the beginnings of knowledge and confidence for misapprehension and superstition. The usefulness of science is brought out in innumerable applications of its principles to the household, the yard and garden, the farm, the city street, industries, and transportation. Good citizenship is fostered by the' interesting treatment of such subjects as personal hygiene, community health and sanitation, reclamation of lowlands, irrigation, forestry, coastal navigation, canals, and inland waterways.