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Experimental History: Swinging Pendulums and Melting Shellac (2009)

Palmieri, Paolo (Author)

Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Volume: 33
Pages: 88--92
Publication date: 2009
Language: English

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Experiments and experimentation Physics 18th century 17th century Galilei, Galileo Coulomb, Charles Augustin de

Four hundred years ago Galileo Galilei aimed a telescope at the sky. He revolutionized astronomy. Equally revolutionary were his experiments in physics. Unlike his astronomical observations the experiments remain difficult to understand and replicate even today. Two centuries after Galileo, Augustin Coulomb demonstrated experimentally the law of electrostatic force. It has never been successfully replicated. Yet both Galileo and Coulomb were exquisite experimentalists. The fact is that revolutionary experiments in physics are never finished. They are open for investigation for generations to come.

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Description On the experiments of Galileo Galilei and Charles Augustin de Coulomb.

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