Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science - Couverture souple

Aczel, Amir D.

 
9780743464796: Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0743464796 ISBN 13 : 9780743464796
Editeur : Washington Square Press, 2004

Synopsis

He was neither a mathematician nor a trained physicist and yet Léon Foucault always knew that a mysterious force of nature was among us. Like Newton, Galileo, Copernicus, and others before him, Foucault sensed a dramatic relationship between the rotating skies above and the seemingly motionless ground beneath our feet. But it wasn't until 1851 -- in Paris, inside the Panthéon, and in the company of fellow amateur scientist Napoleon III -- that Foucault swung a pendulum and demonstrated an extraordinary truth about the world: that it turns on its axis.
Pendulum is a fascinating journey through the mind and findings of one of the most important and lesser-known characters in the history of science. Through careful research and lively anecdotes, world-renowned author Amir D. Aczel reveals the astonishing range and breadth of Foucault's discoveries. For, in addition to offering the first unequivocal proof of Earth's rotation, Foucault gave us the modern electric compass and microscope, was a pioneer in photographic technology, and made remarkable deductions about color theory, heat waves, and the speed of light.
At its heart, Pendulum is a story about the illustrious period in France during the Second Empire; the crucial triumph of science over religion; and, most compelling, the life of a struggling, self-made man whose pursuit of knowledge continues to inform our notions about the universe today.

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À propos de l?auteur

Amir D. Aczel is the bestselling author of ten books, including Entanglement, The Riddle of the Compass, The Mystery of the Aleph, and Fermat's Last Theorem. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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Éditeur
Washington Square Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0743464796
ISBN 13 
9780743464796
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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9780743464789: Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science

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ISBN 10 :  0743464788 ISBN 13 :  9780743464789
Editeur : Atria Books, 2003
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