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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53231252 Title: Galileo's pendulum : from the rhythm of time to the making of matter Author: Roger G Newton Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004. ISBN/ISSN: 067401331X 9780674013315 OCLC:53231252

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Galileo's pendulum : from the rhythm of time to the making of matter

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Galileo's pendulum : from the rhythm of time to the making of matter

Author:	Roger G Newton
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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.
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Roger G Newton Find more information about:
ISBN:	067401331X 9780674013315
OCLC Number:	53231252
Description:	x, 153 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents:	Biological timekeeping : the body's rhythms -- Calendar : different drummers -- Early clocks : home-made beats -- The 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.
Responsibility:	Roger G. Newton.

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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.

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