Practical, lab-based science guidance for hands‑on learners.
This edition of Elements of Physical Manipulation, Vol. 2 helps readers use experiments to learn physics and astronomy, with a clear path from ideas to measurements.
The book emphasizes a laboratory approach to teaching, including practical astronomy that covers latitude, longitude, and time using common instruments. It also explains how lantern projections and projection-based demonstrations can make experiments visible to an audience, even with simple equipment.
- Step-by-step methods to teach astronomy alongside physics, with emphasis on measurement, errors, and corrections.
- Sections on lantern projections and practical demonstrations for clear, engaging classroom or lecture-room experiments.
- Appendices that include a ready‑to‑use description of physical laboratories, tables of constants, and guidance for setting up experiments.
- Extensive tables and reference material covering metals, liquids, gases, and common measurements to support quick, reliable work.
Ideal for students and educators who value hands‑on experiments and practical methods in physical science.
Edward Pickering is an experienced racing, sportive, leisure, and commuting cyclist and journalist who works for Cycling Weekly and Cycle Sport magazines. He has also written for various cycling publications, including the Lance Armstrong souvenir magazine, and for the New York Times. He specializes in the coverage of international road racing, and has followed and reported on six Tours de France, as well as most of the other major races. He discovered cycling at the age of five, and then rediscovered it at the age of 16, since when he has cycled and raced on three continents.