The cat in the box : a history of science in 100 experiments

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Label

The cat in the box : a history of science in 100 experiments

Title remainder

a history of science in 100 experiments

Statement of responsibility

Mary Gribbin and John Gribbin

Title variation

• History of science in 100 experiments
• History of science in one hundred experiments

Creator

• Gribbin, Mary

Contributor

• Gribbin, John, 1946-

Author

• Gribbin, John, 1946-
• Gribbin, Mary

Subject

• Technological innovations
• Science -- Experiments | History
• Science -- History

Language

eng

Summary

This book distills the history of science into 100 epic experiments that have fueled our understanding of Earth and the Universe beyond. Everything in the scientific world view is based on experiment, including observations of phenomena predicted by theories and hypotheses, such as the bending of light as it goes past the Sun. As the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman said, "If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong." From the discovery of microscopic worlds and gravitational waves, to the weighing the Earth, to making electricity, this stunning book by renowned science writers John and Mary Gribbin tells the enlightening, fascinating, and somewhat oddball story of scientific innovation

Cataloging source

YDX

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography