Going Underground The Science And History Of Falling Through The Earth
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Going Underground: The Science And History Of Falling Through The Earth
This book follows the historical trail by which humanity has determined the shape and internal structure of the Earth. It is a story that bears on aspects of the history of science, the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. At the heart of the narrative is the important philosophical practice of performing thought experiments — that is, the art of considering an idealized experiment in the mind. This powerful technique has been used by all the great historical practitioners of science and mathematics, and this book looks specifically at the long history of considering what would happen if an object could be dropped into a tunnel that cuts all the way through the Earth's interior. Indeed, the story begins with a historical whodunit, tracing back through the historical literature the origins of what is now a classic, textbook problem in simple harmonic motion.
From Thales To Gravitational Waves: The Scientific Perspective
Science has its roots in human curiosity. It is the process of exploration and research that has led to a better understanding of our surroundings: Copernicus set the Earth in its right place in our models of the Universe, Charles Darwin elucidated the mechanism of the evolution of living species, and Albert Einstein brought out the intimate connection between energy, space, and time.This book provides a reliable guide to acquaint oneself with the scientific process. It explains in easy terms how scientific investigation has historically developed to reach our present understanding of the world around us. It also discusses the place of science in modern society in relation to culture and to the technological advances that it brings.
Going Underground
Author: Martin Beech
language: en
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Release Date: 2019
Inhaltsverzeichnis: A long distraction -- Wishing well -- Cymro's problem -- The heat of ages -- Terricola's questions -- Flamsteed's well -- Airy underground -- A mind's eye view -- Tik-Tok's tumble -- Eratosthenes's well -- Aristotle's stop and the Merton calculators -- Galileo's constant cannonball -- Hooke's bullet and Newton's cannon -- Newton's canal -- Halley's hollow Earth -- Dr. Akakea's Diatribe and Euler's miracle -- Collignon's slant -- Fastest descent -- The kola pinprick and the iron blob -- A black hole falling -- The elephant in the room -- First and last thoughts.