The Pendulum Paradigm: Variations on a Theme and the Measure of Heaven and Earth - Softcover

Beech, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612337309 ISBN 13: 9781612337302

Publisher: Brown Walker Press, 2014

Synopsis

The pendulum is perhaps the simplest experimental devices ever constructed, and yet for all its simplicity it has historically enabled scientists to both investigate and enumerate gravity; the fundamental force that shapes the very universe. The pendulum has also allowed astronomers and geologists to measure the motion, mass and distribution of matter within the Earth, and its stately swing is at the very heartbeat of time. This book explores the many applications of the pendulum, from its employment as a fundamental experimental device, such as in the Cavendish torsion balance for measuring the universal gravitational constant, to its everyday, practical use in geology, astronomy and horology.

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About the Author

Associate professor of astronomy, and Head of the Astronomy Department at Campion College, The University of Regina. My main research interests during the past decade have focused on the smaller objects within the solar system (comets, asteroids and meteoroids), but concomitant to this I have continued to perform research related to the structure and evolution of stars (the area of my doctoral studies). The book being proposed here is partly based upon a series of research papers that I have published over the years and on material used in a solar system studies class. The topic of asteroengineering was recently the focus of an a ~opinion articlea (TM) I wrote for the May 2006 issue of Astronomy Now magazine, and an editorial piece in the May 2006 issue of Smithsonian Air and Space magazine.

Home web page: http: //hyperion.cc.uregina.ca/~astro/mbeech.html

Edition details

• Publisher: Brown Walker Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1612337309
• ISBN 13: 9781612337302
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290