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Re: Navigation "simplified". was: Buckley the Navigator
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 Mar 09, 15:56 -0400
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 Mar 09, 15:56 -0400
George H., you wrote: "I have a longstanding distrust of any claim, in the title of a book (or DVD, perhaps) that it is somehow "simplified", or "made easy"." Right. The catch, of course, is that the title is not a guarantee. But it's also not a proof that the content is any worse than another book. I would bet that if you were to strip off the covers and title pages from any five navigation books picked at random that claim they're easy in the title and compare against any five books that make no such claim, you wouldn't find much difference in "ease" between the two sets. Good authors/teachers don't necessarily correspond with friendly titles! A good old book with a friendly title was Mixter's "Primer of Navigation". Today the word 'primer' (pronounced to rhyme with dimmer) is almost obsolete, but in its day it referred to a very basic book --an easy beginner's guide. This particular 'primer' is so good that I recommend even today. -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
