This somewhat belated sequel was first serialised in Sunny Stories between February 8th 1946 and January 24th 1947. The action purports to take place in the Easter holidays of the year following The Adventurous Four, which would make the time of the adventure 1942, but much of what is described in this story is plainly more appropriate to the time it was actually written.
Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy
Young William Thomson was a prodigy. At the age of 16, he published his first technical paper on heat flow--a subject that he would revolutionize. This young man would become best known as Lord Kelvin; today the name Kelvin describes a temperature scale. In fact, Kelvin's fame came quickly during his early years, as he made major findings in thermodynamics and electromagnetism.
In this classic reference book the Fowler brothers illustrate by example all the commonly-made blunders of English usage and guide the reader to improved expression and style. If Dickens had owned a copy of The King's English for example, he would not have written ""your great ability and trustfulness;"" he would have recognized the malapropism and realized that the context demanded trustworthiness. Written with the good sense and liveliness that is characteristic of the Fowlers, this work has given generations of students, scholars, and professional writers the solutions to problems of grammar and style
Polar shift: It is the name for a phenomenon that may have occurred many times in the past. At the very least, it disorients birds and animals and damages electrical equipment. At its worst, it causes massive eruptions, earthquakes, and climatic changes. At its very worst, it would mean the obliteration of all living matter, and if that happens-exit Earth.
The mere thought of having to take a required calculus course is enough to make legions of students break out in a cold sweat. Others who have no intention of ever studying the subject have this notion that calculus is impossibly difficult unless you happen to be a direct descendant of Einstein. Well, the good news is that you can master calculus. It's not nearly as tough as its mystique would lead you to think. Much of calculus is really just very advanced algebra, geometry, and trig.
