De Magnete
From the first great experimental scientist: the classic text, first published in Latin in 1600. Summarizes then-current knowledge of magnetism and electricity, offering insights into the origins of modern science.
From the first great experimental scientist: the classic text, first published in Latin in 1600. Summarizes then-current knowledge of magnetism and electricity, offering insights into the origins of modern science.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486267616 (048626761X)
Publish date: June 1st 1991
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Three hundred plus pages on how a magnet works. Unsurprisingly, not the most irresistible reading, but it’s a book that has to be appreciated for the time in which it was written. Detailed in his observations and specific in how to recreate his experiments, Gilbert scientifically debunks and disco...
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