
Pendulum
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Through careful, primary research, world-renowned author Amir Aczel has revealed the life of a gifted physicist who had almost no formal education in science, and yet managed to succeed despite the adversity he suffered at the hands of his peers. The range and breadth of Foucault's discoveries is astonishing: He gave us the modern electric compass, devised an electric microscope, invented photographic technology, and made remarkable deductions about color theory, heat waves, and the speed of light. Yet until now so little has been known about his life.
Richly detailed and evocative, Pendulum tells of the illustrious period in France during the Second Empire; of Foucault's relationship with Napoleon III, a colorful character in his own right; and -- most notably -- of the crucial triumph of science over religion.
Dr. Aczel has crafted a fascinating narrative based on the life of this most astonishing and largely unrecognized scientist, whose findings answered many age-old scientific questions and posed new ones that are still relevant today.
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Preface
A Stunning Discovery in the Cellar
Ancient Logic: Bible and Inquisition
Failed Experiments with Falling Bodies
A Science "Irregular" in the Age of the Engineer
The Meridian of Paris
"Come See the Earth Turn"
Mathematical Bedlam
A New Bonaparte
The Force of Coriolis
The Panthéon
The Gyroscope
The Coup d'État and the Second Empire
An Unemployed Genius
The Observatory Physicist
Final Glory
A Premature End
The Defeat at Sedan
Aftermath
Appendix: Proofs of Foucault's Sine Law
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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