Thursday, December 3, 2009

Science textbook overhaul


Some classic old science textbooks from the 1950s get an update.

"Classic 1950s Science Textbooks Get a 21st-Century Update"

by

Carl DeTorres

October 16th, 2009

Wired

"Classic 1950s Science Textbooks Get a 21st-Century Update"

2 comments:

  1. Maybe it is just what I grew up with, but I prefer the simpler and much
    clearer diagrams from Gallant's 1950s text and Hess' art.

    As one example, I find the
    modern image of Earth's interior rather confusing at first glance.

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  2. Roy Gallant
    http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_vintagescience_gallant/

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