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Science: A History in 100 Experiments
Mary Gribbin
John Gribbin
A history of science distilled into 100 notable experiments – epic moments that have fuelled our understanding of Earth and the Universe beyond.The history of science is a fascinating and long one, covering thousands of years of history. The development of scientific experiments involves some of the most enlightened cultures in history, as well as some great scientists, philosophers and theologians. As the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman said, ‘If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong’, the simplest summary of what science is all about. And science is nothing without experiments.Everything in the scientific world view is based on experiment, including observations of phenomena predicted by theories and hypotheses, such as the bending of light as it goes past the Sun. From the discovery of microscopic worlds to weighing the Earth, from making electricity to the accelerating Universe and gravitational waves, this stunning book by renowned science writers John and Mary Gribbin tells the fascinating history of science through the stories of 100 groundbreaking experiments.
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION (#ulink_bb6252a2-653d-57d9-ac80-c4bed284f189)
1 THE UPWARD THRUST OF WATER (#ulink_1ed906b0-4276-5597-b162-ef0ac9f11476)
2 MEASURING THE DIAMETER OF THE EARTH (#ulink_f54b927a-c549-541d-a841-790f58bedc29)
3 THE EYE AS A PINHOLE CAMERA (#ulink_3a6d8237-7d5a-56f9-b69c-9456c6a98b5d)
4 DISSECTING THE HUMAN BODY (#ulink_674e8087-62d3-59e0-b990-14d93d21b871)
5 MEASURING THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH (#ulink_ceea9341-1bbc-574a-9a8b-9ca277a7d66b)
6 MEASURING INERTIA (#ulink_92640fa1-3124-5ffb-814c-7f498b879482)
7 CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD (#ulink_d621ed0c-9090-5c64-8bfc-29fcff32f68d)
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
43 FROM FIRE LIGHT TO STAR LIGHT
44 PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE
45 PINNING DOWN THE SPEED OF LIGHT
46 DEATH TO BACTERIA
47 THE FLOWERING OF EVOLUTION THEORY
48 THE BENZENE SNAKE DANCE
49 THE MONK AND THE PEAS
50 THE IMPORTANCE OF NOTHING
51 FEELING THE SQUEEZE
52 THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS CONSTANT
53 SPARKING RADIO INTO LIGHT
54 NOBLE GASES AND A NOBLE LORD
55 THE BIRTH OF BIOCHEMISTRY
56 ENTER THE X-RAY
57 ENTER THE ELECTRON
58 RADIOACTIVITY REVEALED
59 KNOCKING ELECTRONS WITH LIGHT
60 A PAVLOVIAN RESPONSE
61 JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
62 INSIDE THE ATOM
63 A RULER FOR THE UNIVERSE
64 THE DISCOVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
65 EVOLUTION AT WORK
66 SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT
67 LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS
68 ELECTRON WAVES AND QUANTUM DUALITY
69 TAKING THE ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH
70 AN ANTIBIOTIC BREAKTHROUGH
71 SPLITTING THE ATOM
72 MAKING VITAMIN C
73 PROBING PROTEINS
74 ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVITY
75 THE CAT IN THE BOX
76 FISSION GETS HEAVY
