Galileo's pendulum : from the rhythm of time to the making of matter / Roger G. Newton.
Galileo's pendulum : from the rhythm of time to the making of matter / Roger G. Newton.
Galileo's pendulum : from the rhythm of time to the making of matter / Roger G. Newton.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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2004.
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N529.7/9
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English
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x, 153 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents
1. Biological Timekeeping: The Body's Rhythms -- 2. The Calendar: Different Drummers -- 3. Early Clocks: Home-Made Beats -- 4. The Pendulum Clock: The Beat of Nature -- 5. Successors: Ubiquitous Timekeeping -- 6. Isaac Newton: The Physics of the Pendulum -- 7. Sound and Light: Oscillations Everywher...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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Massachusetts
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2004.
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"Bored during Mass at the drafty cathedral in Pisa, the seventeen-year-old Galileo noticed that the chandelier overhead took as many beats to complete an arc when hardly moving as when it was swinging widely. Galileo's Pendulum tells the story of what this observation meant, and of its profound consequences for modern science and technology.".
Covering topics from the invention of time zones to Isaac Newton's equations of motion, from Pythagoras' theory of musical harmony to Michael Faraday's field theory and the development of quantum electrodynamics, Galileo's Pendulum is an authoritative and engaging tour through time of the most basic all-pervading system in the world."--BOOK JACKET....
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Galileo's pendulum : from the rhythm of time to the making of matter / Roger G. Newton.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-145) and index.
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N529.7/9
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067401331X (alk. paper)
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529.7
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991018249479702626
