Crease Robert P. The Prism and the Pendulum: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments in Science

Random House, 2004. — 551 p. — ISBN: 978-0-307-43253-7.Introduction —The Moment of Transition
One —Measuring the World: Eratosthenes' Measurement of the Earth's Circumference
Interlude —Why Science is Beautiful
Two — Dropping the Ball: The Legend of Leaning Tower
Interlude —Experiments and Demonstration
Three —The Alfa Experiment: Galileo and the Inclined Plane
Interlude — The Newton —Beethoven Comparison
Four —Experimentum Crucis: Newton's Decomposition of Sunlight with Prisms
Interlude —Does Science Destroy Beauty?
Five —Weigning the World: Cavendish Austere Experiment
Interlude —Integrating Science and Popular Culture
Six —Light a Wave: Young's Lucid Analogy
Interlude —Science and Metaphor
Seven —Seeing the Earth Rotate: Foucault's Sublime Pendulum
Interlude —Science and the Sublime
Eight —Seeing the Electron: Millikan's Oil -Drop Eperiment
Interlude—Perception in Science
Nine — Dawning Beauty: Rutherford's Discovery of Atomic Nucleus
Interlude —Artistry in Science
Ten —The Only Mystery: Quantum Interference of Single Electrons
Interlude —Runners-Up