LEADER 04738nam 22006254a 450 001 9910778452503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-26624-2 010 $a0-674-04148-8 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674041486 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805599 035 $a(OCoLC)456284019 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10328801 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000160534 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12046885 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160534 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10182327 035 $a(PQKB)10134204 035 $a(DE-B1597)457720 035 $a(OCoLC)1043663903 035 $a(OCoLC)979621190 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674041486 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300625 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10328801 035 $a(OCoLC)923112450 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300625 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805599 100 $a20031010d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGalileo's pendulum$b[electronic resource] $efrom the rhythm of time to the making of matter /$fRoger G. Newton 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (166 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-01331-X 311 $a0-674-01848-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [142]-145) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. Biological Timekeeping: The Body's Rhythms --$t2. The Calendar: Different Drummers --$t3. Early Clocks: Home-Made Beats --$t4. The Pendulum Clock: The Beat of Nature --$t5. Successors: Ubiquitous Timekeeping --$t6. Isaac Newton: The Physics of the Pendulum --$t7. Sound and Light: Oscillations Everywhere --$t8. The Quantum: Oscillators Make Particles --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIllustration Credits --$tIndex 330 $aBored during Mass at the cathedral in Pisa, the seventeen-year-old Galileo regarded the chandelier swinging overhead--and remarked, to his great surprise, that the lamp took as many beats to complete an arc when hardly moving as when it was swinging widely. Galileo's Pendulum tells the story of what this observation meant, and of its profound consequences for science and technology. The principle of the pendulum's swing--a property called isochronism--marks a simple yet fundamental system in nature, one that ties the rhythm of time to the very existence of matter in the universe. Roger Newton sets the stage for Galileo's discovery with a look at biorhythms in living organisms and at early calendars and clocks--contrivances of nature and culture that, however adequate in their time, did not meet the precise requirements of seventeenth-century science and navigation. Galileo's Pendulum recounts the history of the newly evolving time pieces--from marine chronometers to atomic clocks--based on the pendulum as well as other mechanisms employing the same physical principles, and explains the Newtonian science underlying their function. The book ranges nimbly from the sciences of sound and light to the astonishing intersection of the pendulum's oscillations and quantum theory, resulting in new insight into the make-up of the material universe. Covering topics from the invention of time zones to Isaac Newton's equations of motion, from Pythagoras' theory of musical harmony to Michael Faraday's field theory and the development of quantum electrodynamics, Galileo's Pendulum is an authoritative and engaging tour through time of the most basic all-pervading system in the world. Table of Contents: Preface Introduction 1. Biological Timekeeping: The Body's Rhythms 2. The Calendar: Different Drummers 3. Early Clocks: Home-Made Beats 4. The Pendulum Clock: The Beat of Nature 5. Successors: Ubiquitous Timekeeping 6. Isaac Newton: The Physics of the Pendulum 7. Sound and Light: Oscillations Everywhere 8. The Quantum: Oscillators Make Particles Notes References Index Reviews of this book: The range of things that measure time, from living creatures to atomic clocks, brackets Newton's intriguing narrative of time's connections, in the middle of which stands Galileo's famous discovery about pendulums...Science buffs will delight in the links Newton makes in this readable tour of how humanity marks time.--Gilbert Taylor, Booklist 606 $aTime measurements 606 $aPendulum 615 0$aTime measurements. 615 0$aPendulum. 676 $a529/.7 700 $aNewton$b Roger G$045677 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778452503321 996 $aGalileo's pendulum$93746480 997 $aUNINA