The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments

Event Name The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
Start Date 2nd Jun 2008 6:00pm
End Date 2nd Jun 2008 7:30pm
Duration 1 hour and 30 minutes
Description

Join George Johnson, the acclaimed New York Times science writer, on a journey back in time to when the world seemed filled with mysterious forces, when scientists were dazzled by light, by electricity, and by the beating of the hearts they laid bare on the dissecting table.


Johnson looks back to the ideal of earlier centuries at 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.


Chair: Simon Singh, science writer