The prism and the pendulum : the ten most beautiful experiments in science / Robert P. Crease.
The prism and the pendulum : the ten most beautiful experiments in science / Robert P. Crease.
The prism and the pendulum : the ten most beautiful experiments in science / Robert P. Crease.
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New York : Random House, 2003.
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2003.
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N509/176
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p. cm.
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Introduction: The Moment of Transition -- 1. Measuring the World: Eratosthenes' Measurement of the Earth's Circumference -- Interlude: Why Science Is Beautiful -- 2. Dropping the Ball: The Legend of the Leaning Tower -- Interlude: Experiments and Demonstrations -- 3. The Alpha Experiment: Galileo an...
10. The Only Mystery: The Quantum Interference of Single Electrons -- Interlude: Runners-Up -- Conclusion: Can Science Still Be Beautiful?
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New York : Random House, 2003.
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2003.
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"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 Pantheon in Paris that allows us to see the rotation of the earth on its axis. We meet Galileo - the onl...
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The prism and the pendulum : the ten most beautiful experiments in science / Robert P. Crease.
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1400061318
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509
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991017138409702626
