1st Edition

The Mind at Work and Play

By Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett Copyright 1951
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1951, The Mind at Work and Play consists of the 119 th series of Christmas lectures given at The Royal Institution in 1948-49. The book raises some important questions like- how can the mind and its senses measure things accurately? What kinds of bodily movements can people make best, and how can a knowledge of these help the design of scientific apparatus and of the working... Read more

Foreword Acknowledgements 1. The Mind as a Measuring Instrument 2. The Mind Controls Body Movements 3. The Mind Observes 4. The Mind Connects One Thing with Others 5. The Mind Remembers 6. The Mind Thinks

Biography

Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett was a British psychologist best known for his studies of memory.