Thursday 16 February 2012

THE VICTORIAN AGE OF CREDULITY

At the Chronicle we have come to the conclusion that books are a bit like buses. Nothing for ages then three come all at once. Indeed, Keith has three new books that are all coming out at about the same time.

Here is one of them - MEDICAL MEDDLERS, MEDIUMS AND MAGICIANS - The Victorian Age of Credulity. If you are interested in the Victorian era then we think you might find it fun to read.

Have a look at the video clip to see what it is about.






CalumSteele
Editor

THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO KING ARTHUR

We are pleased to announce that Keith's forthcoming book The Classic Guide to King Arthur will soon be published by Golden Guides Press, a brilliant new publishing house.

If you want to know about all the legends, facts, theories and fantasies appertaining to King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table then read the book.

And as a taster, here is a wee video clip produced by the West Uist Chronicle:


Enjoy!

Calum Steele
Editor

Wednesday 8 February 2012

LATEST SCIENCE BOOK BEING USED TO GET YOUNGSTERS INTERESTED

Hello readers. We thought you might like to see a novel review of one of Keith's latest books, SCHOOLBOY SCIENCE REMEMBERED. This was published in the Whitby Gazette on 3rd February 2012.
Lab man’s
rocket
science
lunch club
A CAEDMON lab technician decided
that the best way to review a new
science book would be for him to
conduct a series of experiments, with
the aid of some pupils.
Roger Hartley runs the Caedmon
Science Club at lunchtimes and said
that bringing the textbook alive by
conducting such experiments would
be a great way for children to get
enthused about science.
He added: “Practical work in science
is probably more important now
than it’s ever been. It’s what’s going
to enthuse them so they go on to
become scientists. Seeing something
go flash-bang is really what captures
their imagination.”
Using an experiment from the book,
Mr Hartley showed the children how
to make batteries using just twopence
coins, kitchen foil and some
vinegar.
Mr Hartley started the science club
to prove that rocket science does not
have to be impossible and he proved
this by showing the children basic
chemistry experiments, such as firing
fizzy pop bottles across the classroom.
Schoolboy Science Remembered
is a new book by Dr Keith Souter and
Mr Hartley has reviewed it for the
Gazette.
He said: “Dr Souter writes with an
easy style that veils the subject’s
complexity.
“His heroes, the old chemistry
teacher Prang, Sherlock Holmes and
Patrick Moore help lead us from one
discovery to another.
“With their help we find our way
from “The Kitchen Laboratory” to the
quantum theory, we pass through
cooking chemistry, many good “Eggsperiments”,
atomic theory and the
periodic table, acids and alkalis, and
DNA to name but a few.
“This book is so much more than
a list of tricks, experiments and illusions;
it would give any reader a good
grounding in basic science. So much
so that chapters such as “Magnetism
and Electricity” could have come
straight out of the year 7 curriculum.
“If I had owned this book at the age
of 12 I would undoubtedly have been
banished to the shed at the end of
the yard and I would have loved every
minute of it.”
Schoolboy Science Remembered is
published by Pen and Sword Books
for £14.99.