Books used anymore?

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This might be a stupid question, but why dont schools use the DK Eye Witness books anymore to teach people?
The schools that I have been to, arent to keen on using them. So why?

Because people are intentionally trying to make books obsolete and disappoint the few who love a actual printed book. I think technology's a scheme to cause unemployment by mechanization and robots and raising up the price for anything physical material. We need to resist and rebel the inevitable it seems.

Kids these days seem to spend a far greater proportion of their school-time in front of a computer than when I was at school. As great as computers are, it is far easier to learn by reading from books than from reading text off a computer screen - unless all you need or want to learn is how to use a computer.

I love reading, and for me reading a book on an iPad is a much better experience than a printed book.
And I totally disagree, where did you conclude it's easier to learn from a printed page than text on a computer screen?
Of course, it may depend on the legibility of the computer screen.

Technology is one of the greatest things in the world, and I'd assume many aspies agree.
Of course, some jobs go obsolete, but it has created so much employment too don't forget.

Each media has its place. I read mostly via computer screen but always keep a novel in the car and take it with me to places where I may get stuck waiting, such as in a doctors waiting room or hospital. A paperback stuffed in my jeans back pocket is handy to carry to such places and helps the time fly past - especially if I take my ear-plugs and block out the surrounding noise.

I had never heard of that series, but your post prompted me to look them up on Amazon. They look beautiful and instructive. I especially like their use of images. The choice of textbooks by schools is something that has always puzzled me. I love well-designed books.

Yes they are beutiful. Written by many different, well educated authors. TBH I wouldnt have passed Science, and History if it werent for them. Substitued my education, since my teachers didnt use the books(didnt approve of them)neither did many schools that I know of. For some reason I dont know why?

Possibly. I just don't like for example streaming video to have a monopoly on all existing TV and movie channels on cable.

Books will never become obsolete. I f*cking HATE amazon kindle and reading large amounts of text on a computer screen. The fact that books do not require electricity to read whereas computers and mobile devices do will in itself prevent them from permanent obsolescence.

Anything you can't curl up in bed with or underline is a deficient medium. Ink on paper will always be with us as they have been for the last 6000 years.

The greatest advance in communication was the codex (book with pages that permitted quasi random access).

ruveyn

The book will not be obsolete while I live.

That said, there are many reasons, from cost to convenience, why people - and the schools, which want to feel with it - would turn to evanescent miniature displays.

I love my Kindle. I purposely bought the cheap one that is ONLY good for reading because I don't want to be lured into playing games or watching movies on it. My house is small, so it's awesome to me that I can keep so many books in one place. Also, there are no bookstores within a half-hour drive of me, so being able to download whenever I want is magnificent.
The only thing I hate is that sometimes I think I've turned it off, but really it's in that in-between state that runs ads and saps your battery. Frustrating.

You can order new and used books on amazon.com or abebooks. You can even (gasp!) go to your nearest public library.

And a book can be read for as long as it takes with no problem of discharged batteries. You do not have to recharge you eyes or your reading material. Putting ink on a light, flexible surface is one of the greatest leaps than mankind has taken. It is right up their with the discovery of fire and the invention of the wheel.

Kindles and Kobos are very handy of you are traveling or going to the beach. They have their place and their uses. But paper and marking instruments are the main bearers of civilized though.

ruveyn

What about at night when the power is out you might need to change batteries in your flashlight.

What about at night when the power is out you might need to change batteries in your flashlight.[/quote]

Sleep at night, read by daylight. No batteries required.

Thomas Jefferson composed his letters often by lamp light so electricity is not an absolute requirement.

ruveyn