Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science by Amir D. Aczel

Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science

Amir D. Aczel

288 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative slow-paced
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In 1851, struggling, self-taught physicist Léon Foucault performed a dramatic demonstration inside the Panthéon in Paris. By tracking a pendulum's path as it swung repeatedly across the interior of the large ceremonial hall, Foucault offered the f...

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