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Foucault's Pendulum

Country: Germany

Added: 2006

Category: History

Duration: 15 mins

Abstract:

Although Jean Foucault had never obtained a university degree, he became one of the most important scientists of his day. His work consisted of a fascinating mixture of pleasure in experimentation, applied science, and absolute precision. For some of his contemporaries, he was France's leading physicist; for others, no more than a gifted model-maker. But Foucault's pendulum experiment has become legendary, and it is still being constantly repeated.