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One of the world's finest science journalists tells the story of the ten greatest scientific experiments - which in a moment profoundly changed our understanding of the universe. From the universally praised New York Times science writer George Johnson (“He provides some of the best science writing I have come across in a long time”—Paul Davies), an irresistible book on the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science—moments when a curious soul posed a particularly eloquent question to nature and received a crisp, unambiguous reply. Chapter 1 - Galileo: The Way Things Really Move Chapter 2 - William Harvey: Mysteries of the Heart Chapter 3 - Isaac Newton: What a Colour Is Chapter 4 - Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier: The Farmer’s Daughter Chapter 5 - Luigi Galvini: Animal Electricity Chapter 6 - Michel Faraday: Something Deeply Hidden Chapter 7 - James Joule: How the World Works Chapter 8 - A. Michelson: Lost in Space Chapter 9 - Ivan Pavlov: Measuring the Immeasurable Chapter 10 - Robert Millikan: In the Borderland The diligence of all these scientists was rewarded: in an instant, confusion was swept aside, and something new about nature leapt into view.