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Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science

By Amir D. Aczel

Book information

Publisher
Atria
ISBN
0743464788, 9781416588436, 9780743464789
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3530267 bytes)
Pages
288\0
Library
Mobilism
Time added
2023-06-29 08:32:04

Description

Recounts the events surrounding the struggling physicist's 1853 demonstration that proved that the Earth revolves on an axis, describing the adversity he suffered at the hands of his peers despite his numerous discoveries including the electric compass, electric microscope, and more.

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