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Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science

Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science

Ball, Philip

Hardcover

Sports GeneralGeneral Science

Publisher Price: $35.00

ISBN10: 0226825825
ISBN13: 9780226825823
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Sep 15 2023
Pages: 240
Weight: 2.13
Height: 0.87 Width: 7.81 Depth: 9.98
Language: English
A New Scientist Best Book of 2023

Featuring two hundred color plates, this history of the craft of scientific inquiry is as exquisite as the experiments whose stories it shares.

This illustrated history of experimental science is more than just a celebration of the ingenuity that scientists and natural philosophers have used throughout the ages to study--and to change--the world. Here we see in intricate detail experiments that have, in some way or another, exhibited elegance and beauty: in their design, their conception, and their execution. Celebrated science writer Philip Ball invites readers to marvel at and admire the craftsmanship of scientific instruments and apparatus on display, from the earliest microscopes to the giant particle colliders of today. With Ball as our expert guide, we are encouraged to think carefully about what experiments are, what they mean, and how they are used. Ranging across millennia and geographies, Beautiful Experiments demonstrates why experiment remains a contested notion in science, while also exploring how we came to understand the way the world functions, what it contains, and where the pursuit of that understanding has brought us today.

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