Beautiful experiments : an illustrated history of experimental science. /

Beautiful experiments : an illustrated history of experimental science. /

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Author / Creator:	Ball, Philip, 1962- author.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2023 ©2023
Description:	240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Science -- Experiments -- History. Science -- Experiments -- History -- Pictorial works. Science -- Experiments History Pictorial works History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13286837

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ISBN:	9780226825823 0226825825
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Featuring two hundred color plates, this history of the craft of scientific inquiry is as exquisite as the experiments whose stories it shares. This illustrated history of experimental science is more than just a celebration of the ingenuity that scientists and natural philosophers have used throughout the ages to study--and to change--the world. Here we see in intricate detail experiments that have, in some way or another, exhibited elegance and beauty: in their design, their conception, and their execution. Celebrated science writer Philip Ball invites readers to marvel at and admire the craftsmanship of scientific instruments and apparatus on display, from the earliest microscopes to the giant particle colliders of today. With Ball as our expert guide, we are encouraged to think carefully about what experiments are, what they mean, and how they are used. Ranging across millennia and geographies, Beautiful Experiments demonstrates why "experiment" remains a contested notion in science, while also exploring how we came to understand the way the world functions, what it contains, and where the pursuit of that understanding has brought us today.

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Call Number:	Q182.3.B35 2023
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