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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... invention of the telescope , and the observations made with it ( particularly by Galileo ) , soon led to the idea that a similar instrument could be used to examine , in unprecedented detail , objects close to the observer . This ...
... invention of Thomas Edison ( 1847-1931 ) , one of the most prolific inventors ever . His most useful invention was the electric light bulb : the underlying principle is basic in the transformation of energy from one medium to another ...
... invention ( 1879 ) preceded Hertz's discovery of electromagnetic waves , so his understanding of the underlying theory of his invention was inevitably one - sided . Even so , it was still sufficient , although following Ramsay's ...
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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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