Explores the life of Leon, Foucault and outlines his many accomplishments and creations, such as the so-called "Foucault's pendulum," which finally proved the rotation of the Earth. Includes full-color illustrations.
Explores the life and work of nineteenth-century French physicist L?on Foucault, who invented a pendulum that provided proof that the Earth rotated on its axis.
An account of the work of four doctors involved in the debate over the credit for use of anesthetics in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.
