Rough Ways Made Smooth: A series of familiar essays on scientific subjects

"Rough Ways Made Smooth: A Series of Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects" by Richard A. Proctor is a compilation of essays from the late 1800s that makes science easy to understand. The book starts by telling us that it will discuss complicated scientific ideas in a way that everyone can relate to, connecting the reader to science. The first part explores things like the sun's corona, sunspots, and how they might be connected, setting the scene for the rest of the book. Proctor shows how important evidence and watching closely are to doing science, while also hinting at the mysteries about space that scientists are still trying to figure out, implying that learning about science never ends.