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| Autore principale: | Crease, Robert P., 1953-
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| Titolo: | The prism and the pendulum : the ten most beautiful experiments in science / Robert P. Crease. |
| Pubblicazione: | New York : Random House, c2003. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XXIII, 244 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: List of illustration. Introduction: The moment of transition. 1. Measuring the world : Eratosthenes' measurement of the Earth's circumference 2. Dropping the ball : the legend of the leaning tower 3. The alpha experiment : Galileo and the inclined plane 4. Experimentum crucis : Newton's decomposition of sunlight with prisms 5. Weighing the world : Cavendish's austere experiment 6. Light a wave : Young's lucid analogy 7. Seeing the Earth rotate : Foucault's sublime pendulum 8. Seeing the electron : Millikan's oil-drop experiment 9. Dawning beauty : Rutherford's discovery of the atomic nucleus 10. The only mistery : the quantum interference of single electrons. Conclusion: Can science still be beautiful? Acknowledgments. Notes. Index |
| Visionato in: | IMSS |
| ISBN: | 1400061318 |
| Discipline: | Scienze--Studi specifici. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Mondo antico--Area greco-romana. Secoli XVII-XX. |
| Collocazione: | LS 13405 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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