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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
George Johnson
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Description for The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
Paperback. Tells the stories of ten beautiful experiments which changed the world. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 198.
George Johnson tells the stories of ten beautiful experiments which changed the world. From Galileo singing to mark time as he measured the pull of gravity and Newton carefully inserting a needle behind his own eye, to Joule packing a thermometer on his honeymoon to take the temperature of waterfalls and Michelson recovering from a dark depression to discover that light moves at the same speed in every direction - these ten dedicated men employed diamonds, dogs, frogs and even their own bodies as they worked to discover the laws of nature and of the universe.
George Johnson tells the stories of ten beautiful experiments which changed the world. From Galileo singing to mark time as he measured the pull of gravity and Newton carefully inserting a needle behind his own eye, to Joule packing a thermometer on his honeymoon to take the temperature of waterfalls and Michelson recovering from a dark depression to discover that light moves at the same speed in every direction - these ten dedicated men employed diamonds, dogs, frogs and even their own bodies as they worked to discover the laws of nature and of the universe.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099464587
SKU
V9780099464587
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About George Johnson
George Johnson is a science-writer for the New York Times and has also had work published in Scientific America, Time, Slate and Wired and in the collections The Best American Scientific Writing. His blog, The Cancer Chronicles, can be found at www.santafereview.com/chronicle
Reviews for The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
Entertaining, finely crafted... there is a feast of fine science writing in this gem of a book
Sunday Telegraph
Johnson's essays balance human interest and scientific wonder in equal measure, making for a delicious succession of vignettes
Guardian
Johnson's lively book... finds beauty throughout science - even among dead frogs and drooling dogs
Scotsman
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Sunday Telegraph
Johnson's essays balance human interest and scientific wonder in equal measure, making for a delicious succession of vignettes
Guardian
Johnson's lively book... finds beauty throughout science - even among dead frogs and drooling dogs
Scotsman
... Read more