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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments (Vintage)

by George Johnson

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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.

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About the Author

George Johnson writes regularly about science for The New York Times. He has also written for Scientific American, The Atlantic, Time, Slate, and Wired, and his work has been included in The Best American Science Writing. A former Alicia Patterson fellow, he has received awards from PEN and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and his books were twice finalists for the Rhone-Poulenc Prize.

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Table of Contents

Prologue

1. Galileo: The Way Things Really Move

2. William Harvey: Mysteries of the Heart

3. Isaac Newton: What a Color Is

4. Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier: The Farmers Daughter

5. Luigi Galvani: Animal Electricity

6. Michael Faraday: Something Deeply Hidden

7. James Joule: How the World Works

8. A. A. Michelson: Lost in Space

9. Ivan Pavlov: Measuring the Immeasurable

10. Robert Millikan: In the Borderland

Epilogue: The Eleventh Most Beautiful Experiment

Notes and Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781400034239

Author:

Johnson, George

Publisher:

Vintage Books USA

Subject:

General

Subject:

History

Subject:

Experiments & Projects

Subject:

General science

Subject:

History of Science-General

Copyright:

2009

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage Vintage

Publication Date:

20090331

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

75 ILLUSTRATIONS

Pages:

208

Dimensions:

8.02x5.32x.63 in. .50 lbs.

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