The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments (Record no. 294098)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781400041015
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 507.8 JOH-T .PS
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Personal name George Johnson
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Title The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Alfred A. Knopf
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 192 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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Formatted contents note Galileo : the way things really move -- William Harvey : mysteries of the heart -- Isaac Newton : what a color is -- Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier : the farmer's daughter -- Luigi Galvani : animal electricity -- Michael Faraday : something deeply hidden -- James Joule : how the world works -- A.A. Michelson : lost in space -- Ivan Pavlov : measuring the immeasurable -- Robert Millikan : in the borderland -- Epilogue : the eleventh most beautiful experiment.
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Summary, etc. The ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science--moments when a curious soul posed a particularly eloquent question to nature and received a crisp, unambiguous reply. Johnson takes us to those times when the world seemed filled with mysterious forces, when scientists were dazzled by light, by electricity, and by the beating of the hearts they laid bare on the dissecting table. For all of them, diligence was rewarded. In an instant, confusion was swept aside and something new about nature leaped into view. In bringing us these stories, Johnson restores some of the romance to science, reminding us of the existential excitement of a single soul staring down the unknown.--From publisher description.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Science--Experiments. Science--History.
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Koha item type Book
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