num_pages: 288
description: Recounts the events surrounding the struggling physicist's 1853 demonstration that proved that the Earth revolves on an axis, describing the adversity he suffered at the hands of his peers despite his numerous discoveries including the electric compass, electric microscope, and more.
language: English
title: Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science
titlecomplete: Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science
genres: Biography, Science, Nonfiction, Physics, Popular Science, History Of Science, Mathematics, Astronomy, History
ratings_count: 247
publisher: Atria