| Little Masterpieces of Science Contributor(s): Various (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508614741 ISBN-13: 9781508614746 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.17 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Science | History |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.32 lbs) 102 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Little Masterpieces of Science: Inventors is a classic science history text. To a good many of us the inventor is the true hero for he multiplies the working value of life. He performs an old task with new economy, as when he devises a mowing-machine to oust the scythe; or he creates a service wholly new, as when he bids a landscape depict itself on a photographic plate. He, and his twin brother, the discoverer, have eyes to read a lesson that Nature has held for ages under the undiscerning gaze of other men. Where an ordinary observer sees, or thinks he sees, diversity, a Franklin detects identity, as in the famous experiment here recounted which proves lightning to be one and the same with a charge of the Leyden jar. |
