A dazzling, irresistible collection of the ten most groundbreaking and beautiful experiments in scientific history.
With the attention to detail of a historian and the storytelling 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 exquisite display.
| ISBN: | 9781400034239 |
| Publication date: | 10th March 2009 |
| Author: | George Johnson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Genres: |
Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques Biography: science, technology and medicine History of science |
A dazzling, irresistible collection of the ten most groundbreaking and beautiful experiments in scientific history. With the attention to detail of a historian and the storytelling 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.
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments features in the following genres: Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques, Biography: science, technology and medicine, History of science
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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments was written by George Johnson and published by Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments has 208 pages