The Prism of Science
Author: Edna Ullman-Margalit
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780391032880
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Edna Ullman-Margalit
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780391032880
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Edna Ullmann-Margalit
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9789027721600
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Optical Society of America. Committee on Colorimetry
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Published: 1963
Total Pages: 440
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Crease
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2007-12-18
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 030743253X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Pierpaolo Vivo
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2022-05-05
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 2889761290
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert P. Crease
Publisher:
Published: 2006-04
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781422351321
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.