George Johnson tells the stories of ten beautiful experiments which changed the world. From Galileo singing to mark time as he measured the pull of gravity and Newton carefully inserting a needle behind his own eye, to Joule packing a thermometer on his honeymoon to take the temperature of waterfalls and Michelson recovering from a dark depression to discover that light moves at the same speed in every direction - these ten dedicated men employed diamonds, dogs, frogs and even their own bodies as they worked to discover the laws of nature and of the universe.
| ISBN: | 9780099464587 |
| Publication date: | 7th May 2009 |
| Author: | George Johnson |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Genres: |
Chemistry Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques |