Book ID: CBB000470358

The Life and Science of Léon Foucault: The Man Who Proved the Earth Rotates (2003)

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Tobin, William (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2003
Edition Details: With a foreword by David de Vorkin
Physical Details: xiv + 338 pp.; ill.; appendices; notes; index
Language: English

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Review Conlin, Michael F. (2005) Review of "The Life and Science of Léon Foucault: The Man Who Proved the Earth Rotates". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 668). unapi

Review Débarbat, Suzanne (2005) Review of "The Life and Science of Léon Foucault: The Man Who Proved the Earth Rotates". Journal for the History of Astronomy (p. 354). unapi

Review Michaelis, Anthony (2004) Review of "The Life and Science of Léon Foucault: The Man Who Proved the Earth Rotates". Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (p. 212). unapi

Review Quinn, Terry (2004) Review of "The Life and Science of Léon Foucault: The Man Who Proved the Earth Rotates". Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (p. 239). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Dick, Wolfgang R.
Principe, Claudia
Tomaszewski, Paweł E.
Malfatti, Jonas
Nathan E. C. Smith
Vidal, Ferdnando
Concepts
Biographies
Amateurs
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Physics
Geophysics
Pendulums
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
France
Great Britain
Yorkshire (England)
United States
Spain
Italy
Institutions
Lady Franklin Bay Arctic Expedition (1881-1884)
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
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