Book ID: CBB000650526

The Pendulum: A Case Study in Physics (2005)

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Baker, Gregory L. (Author)
Blackburn, James A. (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: xii + 288 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description “A technical work ... set within the context of the technological, historical and cultural developments to which the pendulum has contributed.” (from the publisher)


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Authors & Contributors
Vilain, Christiane
Eseev, Marat
Tobin, William
Shiltsev, Vladimir
Reinhardt, Carsten
Raphael, Renée J.
Journals
Science and Education
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
British Journal for the History of Mathematics
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Physics in Perspective
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
Springer
Harvard University Press
Atria Books
Concepts
Physics
Pendulums
Science, general histories
Experiments and experimentation
Time measurement
Mechanics
People
Galilei, Galileo
Newton, Isaac
Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon
Sinclair, George
Bernoulli, Jakob
Verbiest, Ferdinand
Time Periods
17th century
19th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Medieval
20th century
Places
France
Russia
Italy
Denmark
China
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