A Brief History of Science: As Seen Through the Development of Scientific InstrumentsConstable, 2001 - 425 من الصفحات From the beginnings of history, with gnomons and sundials, through to the twenty-first century and the 26-kilometre underground particle accelerator, the author describes the way that the design and production of scientific instruments has extended the frontiers of science. Man's desire to understand the universe has led to the making of more and more sophisticated instruments - first to record and measure (Arab numerals, standardised measures), to examine ever more minutely (the microscope, the lens, the prism), on through electromagnets, cathode tubes, thermometers, vacuum pumps, X-rays, counters and accelerators, semi-conductors and microprocessors, down to new instruments now being designed to observe matter at zero temperatures - presenting immense technological problems in the requirement for instruments that can operate in conditions where normal properties no longer hold. Accessible popular science |
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As Seen Through the Development of Scientific Instruments Thomas Crump. X - ray tube crystal X - ray beam shield photographic plate Although von Laue got most of the credit ( and a Nobel prize two years later ) the actual experiment was ...
... X - ray diffraction with their own improved ' Bragg ' spectrometer deter- mined the arrangement of atoms in common ... rays to the separation distance of the layers of atoms forming the crystal planes and the angle of incidence of the X ...
... X - rays electromagnetic spectrum astronomy across 177 , 313 , 317 y - rays in 275 X - rays in 199 , 275 electromagnetic waves Hertz generates 92 , 204 , 213 , 214-16 Maxwell's work 203 , 213-14 transmitting radio 92-3 electromagnetism ...
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From the mastery of fire to science in antiquity | 1 |
Copernicus to Newton | 35 |
Science technology and communication | 77 |
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