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The pendulum : a case study in physics / Gregory L. Baker and James A. Blackburn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Gregory L., author.
- Blackburn, James A., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pendulum.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'The Pendulum' describes one physical system - the pendulum - and its manifestations in classical and modern physics. While being a technical work, this study is set within the context of the technological, historical, and cultural developments to which the pendulum has contributed.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Pendulums somewhat simple; 3 Pendulums less simple; 4 The Foucault pendulum; 5 The torsion pendulum; 6 The chaotic pendulum; 7 Coupled pendulums; 8 The quantum pendulum; 9 Superconductivity and the pendulum; 10 The pendulum clock; A: Pendulum Q; B: The inverted pendulum; C: The double pendulum; D: The cradle pendulum; E: The Longnow clock; F: The Blackburn pendulum; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-02974-1
- 1-282-89542-7
- 9786612895425
- 0-19-156530-X
- 1-4237-5312-7
- OCLC:
- 64282177
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