The ten most beautiful experiments
By: by George Johnson
Publisher: Bodley Head; Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780224071963
Subjects: Science; Experiments
Description: George Johnson reveals what he considers to be the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science. The book includes experiements by Galileo, Isaac Newton, Michel Faraday, Ivan Pavlov and James Joule.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Galileo: the way things really move; title: William Harvey: mysteries of the heart; title: Isaac Newton: what a color is; title: Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier: the farmer's daughter; title: Luigi Galvani: animal electricity; title: Michael Faraday: something deeply hidden; title: James Joule: how the world works; title: A.A. Michelson: lost in space; title: Ivan Pavlov: measuring the immeasurable; title: Robert Millikan: in the borderland; title: Afterword: the eleventh most beautiful experiment.