The pendulum paradigm
Subtitle: variations on a theme and the measure of heaven and Earth
By: Martin Beech
Publisher: BrownWalker Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781612337302
Subjects: Pendulum
Description: This book explores the many applications of the pendulum, from its employment as a fundamental experimental device, such as in the Cavendish torsion balance for measuring the universal gravitational constant, to its everyday, practical use in geology, astronomy and horology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: The mathematical pendulum; title: Making time; title: The shape of the Earth; title: Weighing the Earth; title: All in a spin; title: From beauty, to resonance, to chaos.