Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, and Reviews. V. 1-2

"Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, and Reviews" by John Tyndall is a compilation of scientific writings from the 1800's. Tyndall's book is a collection of essays and speeches mainly about the rules and happenings involving stuff in our world, especially diving into important ideas in physics and science. The start has a big introduction that lets you know what’s going on in both books, pointing out which chapters are about things that aren't alive and how stuff is linked to thought in later essays. Tyndall chats about this thing called aether that fills up space, saying it's super important for light, heat, and power to move around; the beginning chapters get into important physics topics, like what radiation is, how stuff and energy are connected, and the main ideas behind doing science and experiments; this way of looking at things tries to teach people about the laws of physics and make them curious about the awesome and complicated world around them.