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Ben Franklin stilled the waves : an informal history of pouring oil on water with reflections on the ups and downs of scientific life in general /

Benjamin Franklin, the 18th-century American statesman and scientist, watched the calming effect of a drop of oil on the waves and ripples of a London pond, and began to investigate exactly what was happening to cause this strange phenomenon. Following Franklin's lead, a motley crowd of scienti...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Tanford, Charles, 1921-2009
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.
Collection:OUP E-Books.
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