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The Life and Science of Léon Foucault

The Life and Science of Léon Foucault

The Man Who Proved the Earth Rotates

by William Tobin
Hardback
Publication Date: 30/10/2003
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Léon Foucault's name is synonymous with his famous pendulum experiment, which proved to all that the Earth rotated. This illustrated biography traces the life and achievements of one of the last great amateur scientists. His contributions to science went well beyond his pendulum--the gyroscope; laboratory measurements of the speed of light; and the invention of methods to make perfect optical surfaces.
ISBN:
9780521808552
9780521808552
Category:
Astronomical observation: observatories
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
30-10-2003
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
254x197x25mm
Weight:
0.94kg

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People & places (Children's / Teenage) Educational: Physics Gravity History of science Physics Optical physics Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage) Biography: science Astronomical observation: observatories
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