The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments

A dazzling, irresistible collection of the ten most groundbreaking and beautiful experiments in scientific history.

With the attention to detail of a historian and the storytelling ability of a novelist, New York Times science writer George Johnson celebrates these groundbreaking experiments and re-creates a time when the world seemed filled with mysterious forces and scientists were in awe of light, electricity, and the human body. Here, we see Galileo staring down gravity, Newton breaking apart light, and Pavlov studying his now famous dogs. This is science in its most creative, hands-on form, when ingenuity of the mind is the most useful tool in the lab and the rewards of a well-considered experiment are on exquisite display.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 03/10/2009
ISBN: 9781400034239
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.32w x 0.63d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 04/05/2009 pg. 20