The Prism And The Pendulum

Author : Robert Crease
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 030743253X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prism and the Pendulum written by Robert Crease and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-12-18 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 : Robert P. Crease
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781422351321
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prism and the Pendulum written by Robert P. Crease and published by . This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing journey through nearly 2,500 years of scientific innovation, plus glimpses into the personalities & creative thinking of some of the field's most interesting figures. We see: the first measurement of the earth's circumference, accomp'd. in the 3rd cent. B.C. by Eratosthenes using simple geometry; Foucault's mesmerizing pendulum, a cannonball suspended from the dome of the Pantheon in Paris that shows the rotation of the earth on its axis; Galileo -- the only scientist with 2 experiments in the top 10 -- measuring the speed of falling bodies; Newton's decomposition of sunlight with prisms; & the quantum world, in the most beautiful experiment of all. We also learn why these 10 experiments exert such a powerful hold on our imaginations. Ill.

Author : George Johnson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 140003423X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments written by George Johnson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-03-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling, irresistible collection of the ten most groundbreaking and beautiful experiments in scientific history. With the attention to detail of a historian and the storytelling ability of a novelist, New York Times science writer George Johnson celebrates these groundbreaking experiments and re-creates a time when the world seemed filled with mysterious forces and scientists were in awe of light, electricity, and the human body. Here, we see Galileo staring down gravity, Newton breaking apart light, and Pavlov studying his now famous dogs. This is science in its most creative, hands-on form, when ingenuity of the mind is the most useful tool in the lab and the rewards of a well-considered experiment are on exquisite display.

Author : Fritz Deumlich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110838915
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surveying Instruments written by Fritz Deumlich and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of the 4.7-inch Gun Matřiel, Model of 1906 written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Army. Ordnance Department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of the 6-inch Howitzer Matřiel written by United States. Army. Ordnance Department and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 544 pages
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Total Pages : 100 pages
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Download or read book Instructions for the Care, Preservation, Repair and Adjustment of Instruments for the Fire-control Systems for Coast and Field Artillery, December 18, 1906, Revised November 1, 1909, Revised October 9, 1912 written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 350 pages
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Download or read book The Horological Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 546 pages
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Download or read book Surveying and Mapping written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: