A dazzling, irresistible collection of the ten most groundbreaking and beautiful experiments in scientific history.

With the attention to detail of a historian and the storytelling ability of a novelist, New York Times science writer George Johnson celebrates these groundbreaking experiments and re-creates a time when the world seemed filled with mysterious forces and scientists were in awe of light, electricity, and the human body. Here, we see Galileo staring down gravity, Newton breaking apart light, and Pavlov studying his now famous dogs. This is science in its most creative, hands-on form, when ingenuity of the mind is the most useful tool in the lab and the rewards of a well-considered experiment are on exquisite display.

• We started tracking this book on January 12, 2011.
• This book was $8.27 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 112 times in the past 5,153 days.
• The current price of this book is $4.99 last checked 7 hours ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past year.
• The lowest price to date was $2.99 last reached on January 27, 2020.
• This book has been $2.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $13.99 last reached on July 30, 2023.
• This book has been $13.99 10 times since we started tracking it.

• Biographies & Memoirs

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• File Size: 3,702 KB