Seeing Foucault's Pendulum: Between Science, Politics, and Art - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael Hagner, Robert Savage (Translator)Publish date:9/30/2025Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Zone BooksISBN-13:9781945861062ISBN-10:1945861061UPC:9781945861062Book Category:Science, ArtBook Subcategory:HistorySize:9.06 x 5.98 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.5521Product ID:SC5QS23KBS
Seeing Foucault's Pendulum: Between Science, Politics, and Art
An investigation of a cosmic experiment
In 1851, the physicist Léon Foucault performed an unforgettable experiment. By suspending a large pendulum inside the dome of Paris' Pantheon, Foucault provided the first simple, direct empirical evidence of the Earth's rotation--an undeniable demonstration of heliocentrism. This experiment, conducted long after the Copernican Revolution and using a...Language:EnglishPublisher:Zone BooksISBN-13:9781945861062ISBN-10:1945861061UPC:9781945861062Book Category:Science, ArtBook Subcategory:HistorySize:9.06 x 5.98 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.5521Product ID:SC5QS23KBS
Michael Hagner is Professor Emeritus of Science Studies at ETH Zurich. His books include Geniale Gehirne: Zur Geschichte der Elitegehirnforschung and Der Hauslehrer: Die Geschichte eines Kriminalfalls.
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