{"product_id":"beautiful-experiments-an-illustrated-history-of-experimental-science-hardcover","title":"Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Ball\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2023 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring two hundred color plates, this history of the craft of scientific inquiry is as exquisite as the experiments whose stories it shares. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This illustrated history of experimental science is more than just a celebration of the ingenuity that scientists and natural philosophers have used throughout the ages to study--and to change--the world. Here we see in intricate detail experiments that have, in some way or another, exhibited elegance and beauty: in their design, their conception, and their execution. Celebrated science writer Philip Ball invites readers to marvel at and admire the craftsmanship of scientific instruments and apparatus on display, from the earliest microscopes to the giant particle colliders of today. With Ball as our expert guide, we are encouraged to think carefully about what experiments are, what they mean, and how they are used. Ranging across millennia and geographies, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Experiments\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates why \"experiment\" remains a contested notion in science, while also exploring how we came to understand the way the world functions, what it contains, and where the pursuit of that understanding has brought us today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Ball \u003c\/b\u003eis a freelance writer and broadcaster whose many books on the interactions of the sciences, the arts, and the wider culture include \u003ci\u003eBright Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCuriosity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatterns in Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Grow a Human\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Myths\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Elements\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Minds\u003c\/i\u003e, all also published by the University of Chicago Press. His book \u003ci\u003eCritical Mass\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. Ball is also the 2022 recipient of the Royal Society's Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal for contributions to the history, philosophy, or social roles of science. He trained as a chemist at the University of Oxford and as a physicist at the University of Bristol, and he was an editor at \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e for more than twenty years. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.98 x 7.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764500037920,"sku":"9780226825823","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2bd6f56792f6156be127de756cb86c32.webp?v=1780250122","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beautiful-experiments-an-illustrated-history-of-experimental-science-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}