{"product_id":"the-ten-most-beautiful-experiments-9781400034239","title":"The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling, irresistible collection of the ten most groundbreaking and beautiful experiments in scientific history. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the attention to detail of a historian and the storytelling ability of a novelist, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e science writer George Johnson celebrates these groundbreaking experiments and re-creates a time when the world seemed filled with mysterious forces and scientists were in awe of light, electricity, and the human body. Here, we see Galileo staring down gravity, Newton breaking apart light, and Pavlov studying his now famous dogs. This is science in its most creative, hands-on form, when ingenuity of the mind is the most useful tool in the lab and the rewards of a well-considered experiment are on exquisite display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Johnson writes regularly about science for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written for \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has been included in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Science Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. A former Alicia Patterson fellow, he has received awards from PEN and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and his books were twice finalists for the Royal Society's book prize. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914135441682,"sku":"9781400034239","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d1a64baa-80ab-47a5-bfc5-6ac0b48de0b4.jpg?v=1738806796","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ten-most-beautiful-experiments-9781400034239","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}