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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2008-04-08
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN
- 9781400041015
- Book Title
- Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 7.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- Experiments & Projects, General, History
- Item Weight
- 11.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 4.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400041015
ISBN-13
9781400041015
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61647873
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Experiments & Projects, General, History
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
4.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-027839
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
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Reviews
"Delightful, succinct, elegant." -Roger Penrose "Absorbing . . ." -Discover "Johnson's book is as elegant as the experiments he features . . . . The writing here is lively, mixing bits of biography with the experiments themselves, offering the human element that explains the scientists' motivation as well as the science. Johnson shares personal anecdotes as well as theory in an engaging, compelling style. The result is a little gem of a book, enjoyable to read both as history and science." -Bookpage "Johnson deftly relates the circumstances and eccentricities integral to the findings behind science's most seminal experiments." -SeedMagazine "Johnson engagingly dramatizes his stories with failure-crowned-by-success narratives, adding biographical sparks . . . Johnson exerts classic appeal to science readers: presenting the lone genius making a great discovery. Good to go in any library." -Booklist "Concise, evocative . . . pays wonderful homage to the science and scientists that helped create the modern world." -Publisher's Weekly, Praise for George Johnson'sThe Ten Most Beautiful Experiments "As a science journalist, Mr. Johnson is a seasoned translator of technical jargon. He also has a sharp eye for human plot, both in and out of the laboratory . . . a certain spirit of wonder breathes through Mr. Johnson's chapters." -The New York Sun "Johnson has a good feel for detail . . . and an easy touch with larger concepts . . . Johnson's lively book nicely evokes the lost world of the tabletop experiment . . . appealing." -The New York Times Book Review "Delightful, succinct, elegant." -Roger Penrose "Absorbing . . ." -Discover "Johnson's book is as elegant as the experiments he features . . . . The writing here is lively, mixing bits of biography with the experiments themselves, offering the human element that explains the scientists' motivation as well as the science. Johnson shares personal anecdotes as well as theory in an engaging, compelling style. The result is a little gem of a book, enjoyable to read both as history and science." -Bookpage "Johnson deftly relates the circumstances and eccentricities integral to the findings behind science's most seminal experiments." -SeedMagazine "Johnson engagingly dramatizes his stories with failure-crowned-by-success narratives, adding biographical sparks . . . Johnson exerts classic appeal to science readers: presenting the lone genius making a great discovery. Good to go in any library." -Booklist "Concise, evocative . . . pays wonderful homage to the science and scientists that helped create the modern world." -Publisher's Weekly "George Johnson knows his stuff, and his stuff is science." -The Santa Fe New Mexican "George Johnson'sThe Ten Most Beautiful Experimentsmakes its point as elegantly as the experiments it describes." -Wall Street Journal "Unusual and engaging . . . unfussy, jargon-free . . . Johnson is an experienced science writer with a knack for making biology and physics clear, and for finding the humanizing details in this world." -Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune "[An] entertaining physics text by a skilled science writer." -Jeffrey Bairstow,In My View, Praise for George Johnson's The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments "As a science journalist, Mr. Johnson is a seasoned translator of technical jargon. He also has a sharp eye for human plot, both in and out of the laboratory . . . a certain spirit of wonder breathes through Mr. Johnson's chapters." - The New York Sun "Johnson has a good feel for detail . . . and an easy touch with larger concepts . . . Johnson's lively book nicely evokes the lost world of the tabletop experiment . . . appealing." - The New York Times Book Review "Delightful, succinct, elegant." -Roger Penrose "Absorbing . . ." - Discover "Johnson's book is as elegant as the experiments he features . . . . The writing here is lively, mixing bits of biography with the experiments themselves, offering the human element that explains the scientists' motivation as well as the science. Johnson shares personal anecdotes as well as theory in an engaging, compelling style. The result is a little gem of a book, enjoyable to read both as history and science." - Bookpage "Johnson deftly relates the circumstances and eccentricities integral to the findings behind science's most seminal experiments." - Seed Magazine "Johnson engagingly dramatizes his stories with failure-crowned-by-success narratives, adding biographical sparks . . . Johnson exerts classic appeal to science readers: presenting the lone genius making a great discovery. Good to go in any library." - Booklist "Concise, evocative . . . pays wonderful homage to the science and scientists that helped create the modern world." - Publisher's Weekly "George Johnson knows his stuff, and his stuff is science." - The Santa Fe New Mexican "George Johnson's The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments makes its point as elegantly as the experiments it describes." -Wall Street Journal "Unusual and engaging . . . unfussy, jargon-free . . . Johnson is an experienced science writer with a knack for making biology and physics clear, and for finding the humanizing details in this world." -Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune "[An] entertaining physics text by a skilled science writer." -Jeffrey Bairstow, In My View, Praise for George Johnson'sThe Ten Most Beautiful Experiments "As a science journalist, Mr. Johnson is a seasoned translator of technical jargon. He also has a sharp eye for human plot, both in and out of the laboratory . . . a certain spirit of wonder breathes through Mr. Johnson's chapters." -The New York Sun "Johnson has a good feel for detail . . . and an easy touch with larger concepts . . . Johnson's lively book nicely evokes the lost world of the tabletop experiment . . . appealing." -The New York Times Book Review "Delightful, succinct, elegant." -Roger Penrose "Absorbing . . ." -Discover "Johnson's book is as elegant as the experiments he features . . . . The writing here is lively, mixing bits of biography with the experiments themselves, offering the human element that explains the scientists' motivation as well as the science. Johnson shares personal anecdotes as well as theory in an engaging, compelling style. The result is a little gem of a book, enjoyable to read both as history and science." -Bookpage "Johnson deftly relates the circumstances and eccentricities integral to the findings behind science's most seminal experiments." -SeedMagazine "Johnson engagingly dramatizes his stories with failure-crowned-by-success narratives, adding biographical sparks . . . Johnson exerts classic appeal to science readers: presenting the lone genius making a great discovery. Good to go in any library." -Booklist "Concise, evocative . . . pays wonderful homage to the science and scientists that helped create the modern world." -Publisher's Weekly "George Johnson knows his stuff, and his stuff is science." -The Santa Fe New Mexican "George Johnson'sThe Ten Most Beautiful Experimentsmakes its point as elegantly as the experiments it describes." -Wall Street Journal "Unusual and engaging . . . unfussy, jargon-free . . . Johnson is an experienced science writer with a knack for making biology and physics clear, and for finding the humanizing details in this world." -Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune "[An] entertaining physics text by a skilled science writer." -Jeffrey Bairstow,In My View From the Hardcover edition., " ""Delightful, succinct, elegant." -Roger Penrose "Absorbing . . ." -"Discover" "Johnson's book is as elegant as the experiments he features . . . . The writing here is lively, mixing bits of biography with the experiments themselves, offering the human element that explains the scientists' motivation as well as the science. Johnson shares personal anecdotes as well as theory in an engaging, compelling style. The result is a little gem of a book, enjoyable to read both as history and science." -"Bookpage " "Johnson deftly relates the circumstances and eccentricities integral to the findings behind science's most seminal experiments." -"Seed "Magazine "Johnson engagingly dramatizes his stories with failure-crowned-by-success narratives, adding biographical sparks . . . Johnson exerts classic appeal to science readers: presenting the lone genius making a great discovery. Good to go in any library." -"Booklist " "Concise, evocative . . . pays wonderful homage to the science and scientists that helped create the modern world." -"Publisher's Weekly ", "As a science journalist, Mr. Johnson is a seasoned translator of technical jargon. He also has a sharp eye for human plot, both in and out of the laboratory . . . a certain spirit of wonder breathes through Mr. Johnson's chapters." -The New York Sun "Johnson has a good feel for detail . . . and an easy touch with larger concepts . . . Johnson's lively book nicely evokes the lost world of the tabletop experiment . . . appealing." -The New York Times Book Review "Delightful, succinct, elegant." -Roger Penrose "Absorbing . . ." -Discover "Johnson's book is as elegant as the experiments he features . . . . The writing here is lively, mixing bits of biography with the experiments themselves, offering the human element that explains the scientists' motivation as well as the science. Johnson shares personal anecdotes as well as theory in an engaging, compelling style. The result is a little gem of a book, enjoyable to read both as history and science." -Bookpage "Johnson deftly relates the circumstances and eccentricities integral to the findings behind science's most seminal experiments." -SeedMagazine "Johnson engagingly dramatizes his stories with failure-crowned-by-success narratives, adding biographical sparks . . . Johnson exerts classic appeal to science readers: presenting the lone genius making a great discovery. Good to go in any library." -Booklist "Concise, evocative . . . pays wonderful homage to the science and scientists that helped create the modern world." -Publisher's Weekly "George Johnson knows his stuff, and his stuff is science." -The Santa Fe New Mexican "George Johnson'sThe Ten Most Beautiful Experimentsmakes its point as elegantly as the experiments it describes." -Wall Street Journal "Unusual and engaging . . . unfussy, jargon-free . . . Johnson is an experienced science writer with a knack for making biology and physics clear, and for finding the humanizing details in this world." -Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, Praise for George Johnson's The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments "As a science journalist, Mr. Johnson is a seasoned translator of technical jargon. He also has a sharp eye for human plot, both in and out of the laboratory . . . a certain spirit of wonder breathes through Mr. Johnson's chapters." - The New York Sun "Johnson has a good feel for detail . . . and an easy touch with larger concepts . . . Johnson's lively book nicely evokes the lost world of the tabletop experiment . . . appealing." - The New York Times Book Review "Delightful, succinct, elegant." -Roger Penrose "Absorbing . . ." - Discover "Johnson's book is as elegant as the experiments he features . . . . The writing here is lively, mixing bits of biography with the experiments themselves, offering the human element that explains the scientists' motivation as well as the science. Johnson shares personal anecdotes as well as theory in an engaging, compelling style. The result is a little gem of a book, enjoyable to read both as history and science." - Bookpage "Johnson deftly relates the circumstances and eccentricities integral to the findings behind science's most seminal experiments." - Seed Magazine "Johnson engagingly dramatizes his stories with failure-crowned-by-success narratives, adding biographical sparks . . . Johnson exerts classic appeal to science readers: presenting the lone genius making a great discovery. Good to go in any library." - Booklist "Concise, evocative . . . pays wonderful homage to the science and scientists that helped create the modern world." - Publisher's Weekly "George Johnson knows his stuff, and his stuff is science." - The Santa Fe New Mexican "George Johnson's The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments makes its point as elegantly as the experiments it describes." -Wall Street Journal "Unusual and engaging . . . unfussy, jargon-free . . . Johnson is an experienced science writer with a knack for making biology and physics clear, and for finding the humanizing details in this world." -Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune "[An] entertaining physics text by a skilled science writer." -Jeffrey Bairstow, In My View From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Decimal
507.8
Table Of Content
Prologue 1. Galileo:The Way Things Really Move 2. William Harvey:Mysteries of the Heart 3. Isaac Newton:What a Color Is 4. Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier:The Farmer's Daughter 5. Luigi Galvani:Animal Electricity 6. Michael Faraday:Something Deeply Hidden 7. James Joule:How the World Works 8. A. A. Michelson:Lost in Space 9. Ivan Pavlov:Measuring the Immeasurable 10. Robert Millikan:In the Borderland Epilogue:The Eleventh Most Beautiful Experiment Notes and Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
From the acclaimed "New York Times" science writer Johnson comes an irresistible book on the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science., From the acclaimed "New York Times" science writer George Johnson, 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. 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. We see Galileo singing to mark time as he measures the pull of gravity, and Newton carefully inserting a needle behind his eye to learn how light causes vibrations in the retina. William Harvey ties a tourniquet around his arm and watches his arteries throb above and his veins bulge below, proving that blood circulates. Luigi Galvani sparks electrical currents in dissected frog legs, wondering at the twitching muscle fibers, and Ivan Pavlov makes his now-famous dogs salivate at ascending chord progressions. 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 the acclaimed New York Times science writer George Johnson, 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. 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. We see Galileo singing to mark time as he measures the pull of gravity, and Newton carefully inserting a needle behind his eye to learn how light causes vibrations in the retina. William Harvey ties a tourniquet around his arm and watches his arteries throb above and his veins bulge below, proving that blood circulates. Luigi Galvani sparks electrical currents in dissected frog legs, wondering at the twitching muscle fibers, and Ivan Pavlov makes his now-famous dogs salivate at ascending chord progressions. 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.
LC Classification Number
Q182.3
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- _***b (63)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI gave 5 stars on shipping because i sent 2 separate emails + they responded with helpful info, even though it arrived late. This was a great value with free shipping + the condition is very good, better than advertised 🙂! The overall quality and appearance is excellent! I highly recommend this seller and give them 👍👍👍👍