Great Scientific Experiments: Twenty Experiments That Changed Our View of the World - Brossura

Harre, Rom

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486422631 ISBN 13: 9780486422633

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2011

Riassunto

These vividly recounted tales of human skill and ingenuity offer fascinating views of the correlation between theories, practical inquiries, ideas, and facts. Re-created strictly on the basis of the original publication in which the results were first announced, the scrupulously accurate retellings of 20 groundbreaking scientific experiments are complemented with rare photos and illustrations.
Based on such criteria as fame, historical importance, elegance, and economy of method, the experiments include Aristotle's work on the embryology of the chick, Galileo's discovery of the law of descent, Newton's experiment on the nature of colors, Lavoisier's proof of the oxygen hypothesis, William Beaumont's work on the process of digestion, Faraday's demonstration of the identity of all forms of electricity, J. J. Thompson's discovery of the electron, Michelson and Morely's demonstration of the impossibility of detecting the motion of the earth, and a dozen others.
Each experiment is appraised and analyzed in the light of subsequent developments, placing the work within the context of the history of science. In addition to diagrams and photographs of the experimental method and apparatus, brief biographies and portraits of the scientist appear as well.
Rom Harré is a Fellow Emeritus of Linacre College, Oxford, and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and American University, Washington, D.C.

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Preface Introduction I. Formal Aspects of Method A. Exploring the Characteristics of a Naturally Occurring Process 1. Aristotle: The Embryology of the Chick 2. William Beaumont: The Process of Digestion as Chemistry B. Deciding between Rival Hypotheses 3. Robert Norman: The Discovery of Dip and the Field Concept 4. Setphen Hales: The Circulation of Sap in Plants 5. Konrad Lorenz: The Conditions of Imprinting C. Finding the Form of a Law Inductively 6. Galileo: The Law of Descent 7. Robert Boyle: The Measurement of the Spring of the Air D. The Use of Models to Simulate otherwise Unresearchable Processes 8. Theodoric of Freibourg: The Causes of the Rainbow E. Exploiting an Accident 9. Louis Pasteur: The Preparation of Artificial Vaccines 10. Ernest Rutherford: The Artificial Transmutation of the Elements F. Null Results 11. A. A. Michelson and E. W. Morley: The Impossibility of Detecting the Motion of the Earth II. Developing the Content of a Theory A. Finding the Hidden Mechanism of a Known Effect 12. F. Jacob and E. Wollman: The Direct Transfer of Genetic Material 13. J. J. Gibson: The Mechanism of Perception B. Existence Proofs 14. A. L. Lavoisier: The Proof of the Oxygen Hypothesis 15. Humphry Davy: The Electrolytic Isolation of New Elements 16. J. J. Thomson: The Discovery of the Electron C. The Decomposition of an Apparently Simple Phenomenon 17. Isaac Newton: The Nature of Colours D. The Demonstration of Underlying Unity within Apparent Variety 18. Michael Faraday: The Identity of All Forms of Electricity III. Technique A. Accuracy and Care in Manipulation 19. J. J. Berzelius: The Perfection of Chemical Measurement B. The Power and Versatility of Apparatus 20. Otto Stern: The Wave Aspect of Matter and the Third Quantum Number General Bibliography Index

Product Description

Vivid, readable, and accurate, these tales of landmark scientific inquiries include Aristotle's work on the embryology of the chick, Galileo's discovery of the law of descent, Newton's experiment on the nature of colors, and 17 others. Each experiment is appraised and analyzed in the light of subsequent events.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0486422631
• ISBN 13: 9780486422633
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 2
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