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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... substances and combines intimately with them , losing all its previous properties . Air in this state is no longer fluid but rather becomes solid , and it can only regain its fluidity if the substance with which it is combined is ...
... substances ' according to Lavoisier's heading - contained five substances commonly occur- ring in nature , known since antiquity and useful for any number of practical purposes . Although they are all compounds , a particular element ...
... substances , such as benzene ( whose sig- nificance is explained on page 189 ) and graphite . He adhered consistently to the principle , stated by Eddington in relation to physics , that science is a quest for structure rather than ...
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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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