Great Scientific Experiments: Twenty Experiments That Changed Our View of the World

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Vivid, readable, and accurate, these tales of landmark scientific inquiries include Aristotle's work on the embryology of the chick, Galileo's discovery of the law of descent, Newton's experiment on the nature of colors, and 17 others. Each experiment is appraised and analyzed in the light of subsequent events.

Each experiment is appraised and analyzed in the light of subsequent experiments, placing the work in the context of the ...

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Vivid, readable, and accurate, these tales of landmark scientific inquiries include Aristotle's work on the embryology of the chick, Galileo's discovery of the law of descent, Newton's experiment on the nature of colors, and 17 others. Each experiment is appraised and analyzed in the light of subsequent events.

Each experiment is appraised and analyzed in the light of subsequent experiments, placing the work in the context of the history of science.

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These tales of human skill and ingenuity offer insight into 20 groundbreaking scientific experiments. Accounts are based on the original publications in which the experiments' results were first announced, and each experiment is analyzed in light of subsequent developments in the history of sciences. Historical b&w illustrations are included, as well as photos of experimental equipment and brief biographies with portraits. Harré teaches at Georgetown University and American University. This is an unabridged republication of a book first published by Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1981. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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  • ISBN-13: 9780486422633
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Publication date: 11/24/2011
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 1,238,179
  • Product dimensions: 6.40 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface 7
Introduction 9
I. Formal Aspects of Method
A. Exploring the Characteristics of a Naturally Occurring Process
1. The Embryology of the Chick 31
2. The Process of Digestion as Chemistry 39
B. Deciding between Rival Hypotheses
3. The Discovery of Dip and the Field Concept 49
4. The Circulation of Sap in Plants 57
5. The Conditions of Imprinting 65
C. Finding the Form of a Law Inductively
6. The Law of Descent 76
7. The Measurement of the Spring of the Air 83
D. The Use of Models to Simulate otherwise Unresearchable Processes
8. The Causes of the Rainbow 93
E. Exploiting an Accident
9. The Preparation of Artificial Vaccines 102
10. The Artificial Transmutation of the Elements 111
F. Null Results
11. The Impossibility of Detecting the Motion of the Earth 124
II. Developing the Content of a Theory
A. Finding the Hidden Mechanism of a Known Effect
12. The Direct Transfer of Genetic Material 137
13. The Mechanism of Perception 147
B. Existence Proofs
14. The Proof of the Oxygen Hypothesis 155
15. The Electrolytic Isolation of New Elements 163
16. The Discovery of the Electron 171
C. The Decomposition of an Apparently Simple Phenomenon
17. The Nature of Colours 182
D. The Demonstration of Underlying Unity within Apparent Variety
18. The Identity of All Forms of Electricity 191
III. Technique
A. Accuracy and Care in Manipulation
19. The Perfection of Chemical Measurement 201
B. The Power and Versatility of Apparatus
20. The Wave Aspect of Matter and the Third Quantum Number 212
General Bibliography 221
Index 223
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