1. Arthur Good was a French engineer, science educator, author and caricaturist who used the pen name Tom Tit.
14 Facts About Arthur Good
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Arthur Good wrote a series of weekly articles, La Science Amusante, or Amusing Science, that were collected in book form and have been translated and republished in more than 130 editions in several languages.
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Arthur Good was born in Montivilliers, Seine-Maritime, France on 16 or 26 August 1853.
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Arthur Good was the son of Protestant pastor Gustave Frederic Good and Louise Stephanie Monod.
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Arthur Good married Jeanne Valon in Paris on 6 April 1881.
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Under the pen name Tom Tit, Arthur Good wrote a series of weekly articles, La Science Amusante 'Amusing Science' for the French magazine L'Illustration.
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Arthur Good presented a range of physical experiments, from "simple games meant to amuse the family" to experiments "of a truly scientific character".
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Arthur Good's articles include geometrical demonstrations, craft projects, and physics experiments which can be carried out with everyday household materials.
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Arthur Good dedicated La Science Amusante to one of his children, saying "In dedicating this volume today, I would like it to be a souvenir for you of the happy moments we have spent together trying the experiments and constructing the apparatuses".
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Arthur Good created improvised scientific apparatuses like his Soap-bubble Chandelier using common items such as bottles, eggs, corks, candles, and soap.
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Arthur Good's constructions have an imaginative charm that has led to them being compared to surrealistic collages.
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Arthur Good's books are considered to have laid the foundations for modern approaches to science education in their introduction of "kitchen science" and hands-on experiments for children.
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Arthur Good published instructions for DIY entertainments in Pour Amuser Les Petits ou les joujoux qu'on peut faire soi-meme, La Recreation En Famille, Les Bons Jeudis, and Joujoux en Papier.
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Arthur Good received a medal of honor from the National Society for the Development of Good.