Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest
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- First published
- 1827
- Pages
- 358Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 7 of 10
A little about the book
Tom Seymour comes home from school to Overton Lodge, and his father makes a deal: he will give Tom any toy whose science Tom can explain. So begins a series of conversations about tops, kites, windmills, balls, see-saws and more, each used to explain the laws of motion, gravity, sound and light.
The village vicar, Mr. Twaddleton, is suspicious of all this science but gets drawn in. John Ayrton Paris, a physician, wrote one of the first books to teach physics through play, and it is still charming.
Things You May Not Know About Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest
- Subtitled An Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports.
- By a scientist and physician. Paris also wrote a biography of the chemist Humphry Davy.
- Credited with popularising the thaumatrope, a spinning picture toy, which is described in the book.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
