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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... defined as 1 cubic décimètre , so that the weight of a litre of water would then define a kilogramme . In 1798 , the year of completion , Napoleon , who would become first consul of France a year later , had led French armies in ...
... defined by having 1 , 2 , ... , 6 p - electrons added to the outer shell . In this way , the table has clearly defined s- , d- and p - blocks . Furthermore , the d - block plainly interrupts the process of adding electrons to the outer ...
... defined by unfilled d - orbitals , but this does not define the whole class , which extends also to the f - block ; see page 372 , note 70 . Trigonometry the mathematical resource , essential in almost every branch of science , defined ...
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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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