Experimental history: swinging pendulums and melting shellac.
Endeavour
; 33(3): 88-92, 2009 Sep.
Article
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| ID: mdl-19682747
Four hundred years ago Galileo Galilei aimed a telescope at the sky. He revolutionized astronomy. Equally revolutionary were his experiments in physics. Unlike his astronomical observations the experiments remain difficult to understand and replicate even today. Two centuries after Galileo, Augustin Coulomb demonstrated experimentally the law of electrostatic force. It has never been successfully replicated. Yet both Galileo and Coulomb were exquisite experimentalists. The fact is that revolutionary experiments in physics are never finished. They are open for investigation for generations to come.
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Asunto principal:
Física
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Electricidad Estática
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Gravitación
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En
Revista:
Endeavour
Año:
2009
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
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Reino Unido