Arthur Good

Arthur Good (16 August 1853 – 30 March 1928) was a French engineer,

Good graduated from the École centrale des arts et manufacture in Paris, where he studied engineering. including magnetism and surface tension. Good's articles include geometrical demonstrations, craft projects, and physics experiments which can be carried out with everyday household materials.

The original columns from La Science Amusante were collected and published in a three-volume series in France. Each volume contained 100 amusements. Beginning in 1889,

The science centre Tom Tits Experiment founded in Södertälje outside Stockholm, Sweden, in 1987, is named after the Tom Tit character.

Other publications

Good also published instructions for DIY entertainments in Pour Amuser Les Petits ou les joujoux qu’on peut faire soi-même (To Amuse the Little Ones, or Do-It-Yourself Small Toys), La Récréation En Famille (Family Recreations), Les Bons Jeudis (Fun Thursdays – in Good's day in France there were no classes on Thursdays), and Joujoux en Papier (Paper Toys).

In addition to his science education publications, Good published a set of Caricatures of famous Britons in London in 1913. He received a medal of honor from the National Society for the Development of Good (Société nationale d'encouragement au bien).

Surrealism During the 1920s and 1930s, surrealist artists such as Max Ernst and Joseph Cornell were intrigued by the Tom Tit illustrations, and incorporated them into their own works.

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