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Ben Franklin stilled the waves: an informal history of pouring oil on water with reflections on the ups and downs of scientific life in general
Benjamin Franklin, the 18th-century American statesman and scientist, watched the calming effect of a drop of oil on the waves and ripples of a London pond, and began to investigate exactly what was happening to cause this strange phenomenon. Following Franklin's lead, a motley crowd of scienti...
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Oxford University Press
2004
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2622708 |