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From the universally praised New York Times science writer George Johnson ( He provides some of the best science writing I have come across in a long time Paul Davies), an irresistible book on the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science moments when a curious soul posed a particularly eloquent question to nature and received a crisp, unambiguous reply. Ch. 1 – Galileo- The Way Things Really Move h. 2 – William Harvey- Mysteries of the Heart h. 3 – Isaac Newton- What a Colour Is h. 4 – Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier- The Farmer s Daughter h. 5 – Luigi Galvini- Animal Electricity h. 6 – Michel Faraday- Something Deeply Hidden h. 7 – James Joule- How the World Works h. 8 – A. Michelson- Lost in Space h. 9 – Ivan Pavlov- Measuring the Immeasurable h. 10 – Robert Millikan- In the Borderland The diligence of all these scientists was rewarded- in an instant, confusion was swept aside, and something new about nature leapt into view.
