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The prism and the pendulum : the ten most beautiful experiments in science / Robert P. Crease.
Publication details: New York, NY : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004, c2003.Edition: Random House trade pbk. edDescription: xxiii, 244 p. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780812970623 (pbk.) :
- 0812970624 (pbk.) :
- Q125 .C67 2004
Contents:
Introduction: The Moment of Transition -- 1. Measuring the World: Eratosthenes Measurement of the Earths 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 and the Inclined Plane -- Interlude: The Newton-Beethoven Comparison -- 4. Experimentum Crucis: Newtons Decomposition of Sunlight with Prisms -- Interlude: Does Science Destroy Beauty? -- 5. Weighing the World: Cavendishs Austere Experiment -- Interlude: Integrating Science and Popular Culture -- 6. Light a Wave: Youngs Lucid Analogy -- Interlude: Science and Metaphor -- 7. Seeing the Earth Rotate: Foucaults Sublime Pendulum -- Interlude: Science and the Sublime -- 8. Seeing the Electron: Millikans Oil-Drop Experiment -- Interlude: Perception in Science -- 9. Dawning Beauty: Rutherfords Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus -- Interlude: Artistry in Science -- 10. The Only Mystery: The Quantum Interference of Single Electrons -- Interlude: Runners-Up -- Conclusion: Can Science Still Be Beautiful?
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Originally published: New York : Random House, c2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-240) and index.
Introduction: The Moment of Transition -- 1. Measuring the World: Eratosthenes Measurement of the Earths 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 and the Inclined Plane -- Interlude: The Newton-Beethoven Comparison -- 4. Experimentum Crucis: Newtons Decomposition of Sunlight with Prisms -- Interlude: Does Science Destroy Beauty? -- 5. Weighing the World: Cavendishs Austere Experiment -- Interlude: Integrating Science and Popular Culture -- 6. Light a Wave: Youngs Lucid Analogy -- Interlude: Science and Metaphor -- 7. Seeing the Earth Rotate: Foucaults Sublime Pendulum -- Interlude: Science and the Sublime -- 8. Seeing the Electron: Millikans Oil-Drop Experiment -- Interlude: Perception in Science -- 9. Dawning Beauty: Rutherfords Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus -- Interlude: Artistry in Science -- 10. The Only Mystery: The Quantum Interference of Single Electrons -- Interlude: Runners-Up -- Conclusion: Can Science Still Be Beautiful?
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