The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
George Johnson · 2008
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About the book
A dazzling, irresistible collection of the ten most ground-breaking and beautiful experiments in scientific history. With the attention to detail of a historian and the story-telling ability of a novelist, New York Times science writer George Johnson celebrates these groundbreaking experiments and re-creates a time when the world seemed filled with mysterious forces and scientists were in awe of light, electricity, and the human body. Here, we see Galileo staring down gravity, Newton breaking apart light, and Pavlov studying his now famous dogs. This is science in its most creative, hands-on form, when ingenuity of the mind is the most useful tool in the lab and the rewards of a well-considered experiment are on elegant display.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Book details
- Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 9781400041015
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