Джон Гриббин – Science: A History in 100 Experiments (страница 1)
William Collins
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Text © John and Mary Gribbin 2016
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Edited by Patricia Briggs
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Source ISBN: 978-0-00-814560-6
Ebook Edition © October 2016 ISBN: 9780008145613
Version: 2016-09-22
CONTENTS
2 MEASURING THE DIAMETER OF THE EARTH
5 MEASURING THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH
8 WEIGHING THE ATMOSPHERE
9 RESISTING THE SQUEEZE
10 REVEALING THE MICROSCOPIC WORLD
11 ALL THE COLOURS OF THE RAINBOW
12 THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS FINITE
13 VITAMIN AT SEA
14 CONDUCTING THE LIGHTNING
15 THE HEAT OF ICE
16 STEAMING AHEAD
17 BREATHING PLANTS AND PURE AIR
18 OPENING UP THE SOLAR SYSTEM
19 ANIMAL HEAT, BUT NO ANIMAL MAGIC
20 TWITCHING FROGS AND ELECTRIC PILES
21 WEIGHING THE EARTH
22 BORING EXPERIMENTS ON HEAT
23 THE FIRST VACCINE
24 FEELING INVISIBLE LIGHT
25 COSMIC RUBBLE
26 FLYING HIGH WITH HYDROGEN
27 LIGHT IS A WAVE
28 DISCOVERING ATOMS
29 ELECTRIFYING SCIENCE
30 QUANTIFYING CHEMISTRY
31 THINKING ABOUT THE POWER OF FIRE
32 A RANDOM WALK
33 THE MAGNETISM OF ELECTRICITY
34 THE DEATH OF VITALISM
35 MAKING ELECTRICITY
36 AN UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE
37 BLOOD HEAT
38 TRUMPETERS ON A TRAIN
39 THE SPEED OF ICE
40 ABSORBING RADIANT HEAT
41 THE LEVIATHAN OF PARSONSTOWN
42 CONTROVERSY AND CONTROLS