by Robert P. Crease · Polytechnica · tapa blanda · ISBN 5601072545632
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«O Prisma e o Pêndulo» is the popular science essay by Robert P. Crease, published by Polytechnica in paperback (203 pages, in Portuguese).
The author reviews some of the most celebrated scientific experiments for their elegance, from Eratosthenes' measurement of the Earth's circumference to Foucault's pendulum, and explains how these milestones transformed our understanding of the natural world.
This edition was published in 2006 and belongs to the science category.
For readers interested in the history of science and popular science.
