Johnson: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
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Many of us know about Newton's experiments with a prism, showing that light could be decomposed into an array of colors. But his "beautiful experiment" went further. Having decomposed the light with one prism he contrived to pass individual colors through a second prism, observing that different colors bent at different angles but could not be further decomposed into different colors. That was a result of fundamental importance and the author works his way through Newton's experiments, deductions, and conclusions with just the right amount of detail and mystery. | Many of us know about Newton's experiments with a prism, showing that light could be decomposed into an array of colors. But his "beautiful experiment" went further. Having decomposed the light with one prism he contrived to pass individual colors through a second prism, observing that different colors bent at different angles but could not be further decomposed into different colors. That was a result of fundamental importance and the author works his way through Newton's experiments, deductions, and conclusions with just the right amount of detail and mystery. | ||
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