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Loading... A Brief History of Science (2001)by Thomas Crump
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Fascinating read for those interested in science and the people who do science. Readers with an elementary knowledge of mathematics and science would find it easier to follow, as the author resorts to technicalities often. Basically about science as it developed in Europe. No decent description about science as it developed in India and China or for that matter anywhere else. Hertz, Marconi and Rutherford are credited with radio transmission...what about JC Bose? Clearly, the author is obsessed with European, particularly, British luminaries. All said, still a good introduction to the leading lights of European physical sciences. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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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 Since Longitude general public curiosity in scientific instruments has continued to grow Vivid pen-portraits of past scientists and inventors No library descriptions found. |
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