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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments - George Johnson

The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments

By: George Johnson

Paperback | 1 July 2009 | Edition Number 1

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From the universally praised New York Times science writer George Johnson ("He provides some of the best science writing I have come across in a long time"-Paul Davies), an irresistible book on 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.Ch. 1 - Galileo- The Way Things Really MoveCh. 2 - William Harvey- Mysteries of the HeartCh. 3 - Isaac Newton- What a Colour IsCh. 4 - Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier- The Farmer's DaughterCh. 5 - Luigi Galvini- Animal ElectricityCh. 6 - Michel Faraday- Something Deeply HiddenCh. 7 - James Joule- How the World WorksCh. 8 - A. Michelson- Lost in SpaceCh. 9 - Ivan Pavlov- Measuring the ImmeasurableCh. 10 - Robert Millikan- In the BorderlandThe diligence of all these scientists was rewarded- in an instant, confusion was swept aside, and something new about nature leapt into view.
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Entertaining, finely crafted... there is a feast of fine science writing in this gem of a book * Sunday Telegraph *
Johnson's essays balance human interest and scientific wonder in equal measure, making for a delicious succession of vignettes * Guardian *
Johnson's lively book... finds beauty throughout science - even among dead frogs and drooling dogs * Scotsman *
Johnson manages to convey the heart-stopping wonder of discovery * Radio 4, Today programme *
In describing these beautifully simple works of genius, Johnson reveals as much about the corporatist nature of modern science as he does about early research * Scotland on Sunday *

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