Galileo And Newton
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Author | : William Bixby |
Publisher | : New Word City |
Total Pages | : 101 |
Release | : 2015-10-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612309135 |
The relationship between Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton is like that of two complementary stages of a rocket. Galileo, the argumentative "wrangler" who demanded that the universe be examined through a telescope rather than by means of a philosophy book, provided the first liftoff, and Newton, the secretive mathematician who searched among his notes to find a mislaid proof for universal gravitation, put the world into orbit. Here, from award-winning journalist William Bixby, are their stories.
Author | : A. Rupert Hall |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2012-07-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0486150259 |
Tracing the revolution in physics initiated by Galileo and culminating in Newton's achievements, this book surveys the work of Huygens, Leeuwenhoek, Boyle, Descartes, and others. 35 illustrations.
Author | : William Bixby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Scientists |
ISBN | : |
Galileo's experiments led him to view the universe scientifitically, and Newton was inspired to carry on Galileo's work and laid the foundations for modern science.
Author | : Roger G. NEWTON |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0674041488 |
Bored 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. The principle of the pendulum's swing--a property called isochronism--marks a simple yet fundamental system in nature, one that ties the rhythm of time to the very existence of matter in the universe. Roger Newton sets the stage for Galileo's discovery with a look at biorhythms in living organisms and at early calendars and clocks--contrivances of nature and culture that, however adequate in their time, did not meet the precise requirements of seventeenth-century science and navigation. Galileo's Pendulum recounts the history of the newly evolving time pieces--from marine chronometers to atomic clocks--based on the pendulum as well as other mechanisms employing the same physical principles, and explains the Newtonian science underlying their function. The book ranges nimbly from the sciences of sound and light to the astonishing intersection of the pendulum's oscillations and quantum theory, resulting in new insight into the make-up of the material universe. Covering topics from the invention of time zones to Isaac Newton's equations of motion, from Pythagoras' theory of musical harmony to Michael Faraday's field theory and the development of quantum electrodynamics, Galileo's Pendulum is an authoritative and engaging tour through time of the most basic all-pervading system in the world. Table of Contents: Preface Introduction 1. Biological Timekeeping: The Body's Rhythms 2. The Calendar: Different Drummers 3. Early Clocks: Home-Made Beats 4. The Pendulum Clock: The Beat of Nature 5. Successors: Ubiquitous Timekeeping 6. Isaac Newton: The Physics of the Pendulum 7. Sound and Light: Oscillations Everywhere 8. The Quantum: Oscillators Make Particles Notes References Index Reviews of this book: The range of things that measure time, from living creatures to atomic clocks, brackets Newton's intriguing narrative of time's connections, in the middle of which stands Galileo's famous discovery about pendulums...Science buffs will delight in the links Newton makes in this readable tour of how humanity marks time. --Gilbert Taylor, Booklist
Author | : Alan A. Kubitz |
Publisher | : Dog Ear Publishing |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2010-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1608449882 |
Ever been confused by basic physics and intimidated by the mere thought of Einstein's relativity theories? If so, yet curiosity still beckons, this book is for you The reward? The colorful history of the elusive notion of motion and unique insights into the fundamental physics behind it all - including relativity. The physics of motion is so fundamental to science and the technological age in which we live that four of the most illustrious names in the annals of science owe their towering reputations, in large part, to their milestone work on the physics of motion. This book relates the stories of Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and Albert E
Author | : Alfred Rupert Hall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780486242279 |
Author | : Philip Steele |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781426301148 |
This vibrant biography profiles the famed physicist as an acclaimed mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, philosopher, and inventor as well.
Author | : William Bixby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : 9780304929955 |
Author | : Ron Miller |
Publisher | : Twenty-First Century Books |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2013-08-01 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1467716626 |
In the sixth century B.C.E., the Greek philosopher Anaximander theorized that Earth was at the center of the cosmos. That idea became ingrained in scientific thinking and Christian religious beliefs for more than one thousand years. Defiance of church doctrine could mean death, so no one dared dispute this long-accepted idea. No one except a handful of courageous scientists. In the 1500s and 1600s, men like Nicolaus Copernicus, Johanned Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton began to ask questions. What if Earth actually orbited the sun, instead of the other way around? What if the universe was much bigger than anyone imagined? These scientists risked their reputations—even their lives—to challenge the very heart of Catholic dogma and scientific tradition. Yet, in less than 200 years, their radical thinking overturned theories that had lasted more than a millennium. Join these bold thinkers on the journey of discovery that forever changed our understanding of the cosmos.
Author | : James Gerald Crowther |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Scientists |
ISBN | : |
Short biographies of six persons of renown in the scientific world ranging in time from the latter part of the fifteenth century to the middle of the twentieth.