TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crease,Robert P.
TI  - The prism and the pendulum: the ten most beautiful experiments in science 
SN  - 9780812970623 (pbk.) :
AV  - Q125 .C67 2004
PY  - 2004///, c2003
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Random House Trade Paperbacks
KW  - Science
KW  - History
KW  - Experiments
N1  - 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?
ER  -