Pendulum Plane

Author : Robert Crease
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812970624
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prism and the Pendulum written by Robert Crease and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004-10-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is science beautiful? Yes, argues acclaimed philosopher and historian of science Robert P. Crease in this engaging exploration of history’s most beautiful experiments. The result is an engrossing journey through nearly 2,500 years of scientific innovation. Along the way, we encounter glimpses into the personalities and creative thinking of some of the field’s most interesting figures. We see the first measurement of the earth’s circumference, accomplished in the third century B.C. by Eratosthenes using sticks, shadows, and simple geometry. We visit Foucault’s mesmerizing pendulum, a cannonball suspended from the dome of the Panthéon in Paris that allows us to see the rotation of the earth on its axis. We meet Galileo—the only scientist with two experiments in the top ten—brilliantly drawing on his musical training to measure the speed of falling bodies. And we travel to the quantum world, in the most beautiful experiment of all. We also learn why these ten experiments exert such a powerful hold on our imaginations. From the ancient world to cutting-edge physics, these ten exhilarating moments reveal something fundamental about the world, pulling us out of confusion and revealing nature’s elegance. The Prism and the Pendulum brings us face-to-face with the wonder of science.

Author : Michael Matthews
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402035268
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pendulum written by Michael Matthews and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-19 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pendulum is a universal topic in primary and secondary schools, but its full potential for learning about physics, the nature of science, and the relationships between science, mathematics, technology, society and culture is seldom realised. Contributions to this 32-chapter anthology deal with the science, history, methodology and pedagogy of pendulum motion. There is ample material for the richer and more cross-disciplinary treatment of the pendulum from elementary school to high school, and through to advanced university classes. Scientists will value the studies on the physics of the pendulum; historians will appreciate the detailed treatment of Galileo, Huygens, Newton and Foucault’s pendulum investigations; psychologists and educators will learn from the papers on Piaget; teachers will welcome the many contributions to pendulum pedagogy. All readers will come away with a new awareness of the importance of the pendulum in the foundation and development of modern science; and for its centrality in so many facets of society and culture.

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Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1939-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.

Author : Giancarlo Genta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780387209364
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dynamics of Rotating Systems written by Giancarlo Genta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-04-22 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an up-to-date review of rotor dynamics, dealing with basic topics as well as a number of specialized topics usually available only in journal articles Unlike other books on rotordynamics, this treats the entire machine as a system, with the rotor as just one component

Author : Todd Graves
Publisher : BrownBooks.ORM
ISBN 13 : 161254892X
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Single Plane Golf Swing written by Todd Graves and published by BrownBooks.ORM. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Through this wonderful book, frustrated golfers can learn to swing like Moe [Norman] and improve their games.” —Anthony Robbins, #1 New York Times–bestselling author The mysterious and reclusive genius Moe Norman is acknowledged as the best ball-striker in the history of golf by many of the game’s greats. The Single Plane Golf Swing: Play Better Golf the Moe Norman Way reveals the secrets of the swing that enabled him to hit the ball solidly with unerring accuracy and consistency—every time. Norman’s simple, efficient, and easily understood Single Plane Swing has improved the games of thousands of golfers. Golf professional Todd Graves, known as “Little Moe” and regarded as the world authority on Norman’s swing, comprehensively teaches readers the mechanics, drills, and feelings of the Single Plane Swing that Moe called “The Feeling of Greatness.” Graves shares Norman’s brilliant insights and liberating approach to the game and demonstrates why the conventional “tour” swing is too complex and frustrating for the majority of amateurs. Illustrated with more than 300 photographs and written with Tim O’Connor, Norman’s biographer, the book also engagingly tells Norman’s bittersweet life story and explores the teacher-student bond forged between Norman and his protégé Graves. “One of golf’s greatest untold stories, Moe Norman’s life illustrated a simple and powerful truth: greatness is built from practicing the right swing in the right way. In this book, Todd Graves has given us a blueprint for that swing, for those practice habits, and most of all for a process that builds success.” —Dan Coyle, New York Times-bestselling author of The Culture Code

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
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Author : Canada. Patent Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2204 pages
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Download or read book The Canadian Patent Office Record written by Canada. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 2204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gregory L. Baker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199589518
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Tales of the Pendulum written by Gregory L. Baker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author : Canada. Patent Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2278 pages
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Download or read book Scientific Canadian Mechanics' Magazine and Patent Office Record written by Canada. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 2278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: