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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... observed instances of a phenomenon , however numerous , do not necessarily suggest a correct hypothesis to explain it.17 Swammerdam , with his microscope , observed the spermatozoa of different species on countless occasions , and ...
... observations , such as they were , did not meet the necessary standard , although in many instances bad weather was ... observed with sufficient accuracy over the course of a year , appears to orbit in a small ellipse : Bradley realised ...
... observations were made with subsequent eclipses , right up to that of 30 June 1973 , observed in Mauretania . The results confirmed those of 1919 , but Einstein ( although he was not present at the special meeting of the Royal Society ) ...
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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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