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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by RheingoldRiver on Monday September 23, 2024 @10:14PM (#41632500)
I highly recommend this book! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25238350-the-hunt-for-vu...
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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by jonny_eh on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @12:51AM (#41633179)
I'd recommend this one instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short_History_of_Nearly_Ever...
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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by RheingoldRiver on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @12:04AM (#41643569)
Why "instead" ? they seem completely different from each other

Hunt for Vulcan is a fun history lesson with some interesting insights about human nature. It's history of science, not science. It took about 3 hours to read and I had a lot of fun with it.

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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by jonny_eh on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @02:06AM (#41644160)
The book I recommended is a book about the history of science, but on a broad range of topics. Much longer than 3 hours.
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