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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... experiments to reveal the equivalence between different kinds of energy . The experiments described above converted mechanical energy into heat , but Joule's earlier experiments , also relating to the conversion of energy , involved ...
... experiments . It could also combine with hydrogen to produce ammonia.32 There were also two different ways carbon ( although not a gas ) could combine with oxygen , and two more with hydrogen . In these cases the solubility of the gases ...
... experiments , and his explanation of the results , did not come easily , and other , older physicists , such as Harvard Professor William Duane ( 1872-1935 ) , produced contra- dictory results from their own experiments . With Duane ...
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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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