Galileo's Pendulum

From the Rythm of Time to the Making of Matter

Roger G. Newton

154 pages, parution le 12/10/2005

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Résumé

His mind wandering during Mass at the cathedral in Pisa, the seventeen-year-old Galileo regarded the chandelier swinging overhead-and remarked, to his great surprise, that the lamp took as many beats to complete an arc when hardly moving as when it was swinging widely. Galileo's Pendulum tells the story of what this observation meant, and of its profound consequences for science and technology.

L'auteur - Roger G. Newton

Newton, Roger G., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University. He is editor of the Journal of Mathematical Physics and author of several books, including Scattering Theory of Waves and Particles, The Truth of Science, and What Makes Nature Tick?

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Preface
Introduction
Biological Timekeeping: The Body's Rhythms
The Calendar: Different Drummers
Early Clocks: Home-Made Beats
The Pendulum Clock: The Beat of Nature
Successors: Ubiquitous Timekeeping
Isaac Newton: The Physics of the Pendulum
Sound and Light: Oscillations Everywhere
The Quantum: Oscillators Make Particles
Notes
References Illustration
Credits
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Harvard University Press
Auteur(s)	Roger G. Newton
Parution	12/10/2005
Nb. de pages	154
Format	12,5 x 20
Couverture	Broché
Poids	199g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780674018488
ISBN13	978-0-674-01848-8