Nonfiction | Education & Reference
Free eBook

Reflections on the Decline of Science in England: And on Some of Its Causes, by Charles Babbage (1830). To Which Is Added on the Alleged Decline of ... Foreword by Michael Faraday (1831)., Vo

By Charles Babbage

2019-04-16 06:02:56

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. And it is equally certain that the tastes and pursuits of our manhood ... Read more
That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. And it is equally certain that the tastes and pursuits of our manhood will bear on them the traces of the earlier impressions of our education. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue. A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge; and at these latter establishments, formed originally for instructing those who are intended for the clerical profession, classical and mathematical pursuits are nearly the sole objects proposed to the student's ambition. Less

Book Details

File size131.801 KB
Print pages302
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-0343821258
autor-image
Charles Babbage
Author
Born in London, England, The United Kingdom GenreScience, Computing edit data Charles Babbage KH FRS (/ˈbæbɪdʒ/; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician,...

Related Books

View All
FREE
The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 9, May, 1910
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Education in the Home, the Kindergarten, and the Primary School
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Shakespearean Playhouses
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Yorkshire Lyrics
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Fitz-Boodle Papers
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
School-Room Humour (Classic Reprint)
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Handbook to English Heraldy
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Toy Making in School and Home
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Enemies of Books
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Maiwa's Revenge; Or, The War of the Little Hand
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Man of Adamant
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Yorkshire Ditties, First Series to Which Is Added the Cream of Wit and Humour From His Popular Writings
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Popular Superstitions, and the Truths Contained Therein
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
A Rill from the Town Pump
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Colonel Crockett's Co-Operative Christmas
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Toy Making in School and Home
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Your National Parks
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Tribal Custom In Anglo Saxon Law
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Grey Woman and Other Tales
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Toy Making in School and Home
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Churches of Coventry
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Reviews

Sign in to write a review

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free

Stay in touch.

© 2026 AMPLE READS