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Author:

Newton, Roger G.

Title:

Galileo's pendulum : from the rhythm of time to the making of matter / Roger G. Newton.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

x, 153 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Time measurements.
Pendulum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-145) and index.

Contents:

Biological timekeeping; the body's rhythms -- Calendar; different drummers -- Early clocks; home-made beats -- Pendulum clock; the beat of nature -- Successors; ubiquitous timekeeping -- Isaac Newton; the physics of the pendulum -- Sound and light; oscillations everywhere -- Quantum; oscillators make particles.

Summary:

Bored at 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.

ISBN:

9780674013315 (alk. paper)
067401331X (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53231252

LCCN:

2003056972

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)