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Author	Newton, Roger G.
Title	Galileo's pendulum : from the rhythm of time to the making of matter / Roger G. Newton.
Publication Info.	Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2004.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	529 N	IN LIBRARY

Description	x, 153 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-145) and index.
Contents	Biological timekeeping; the body's rhythms -- Calendar; different drummers -- Early clocks; home-made beats -- Pendulum clock; the beat of nature -- Successors; ubiquitous timekeeping -- Isaac Newton; the physics of the pendulum -- Sound and light; oscillations everywhere -- Quantum; oscillators make particles.
Subject	Time measurements.
	Pendulum.
Added Title	From the rhythm of time to the making of matter
ISBN	067401331X (alk. paper)

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