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Ten Beautiful Science Experiments

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Multimillion-dollar science experiments often lead to important findings – but so have simple ones by the likes of Galileo and Isaac Newton, involving strings, balls, and prisms. Science writer George Johnson tells about some of the most historic simple science experiments. His new book is The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments.


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