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Cover
Praise
BLACK BODIES AND QUANTUM CATS
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword by Alan Chodos, PhD
Preface
1. Renaissance Man 1509: PUBLICATION OF DE DIVINA PROPORTIONE
2. Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution 1542: PUBLICATION OF DE REVOLUTIONIBUS
3. Lens Crafters CIRCA 1590: INVENTION OF THE MICROSCOPE
4. Good Heavens JANUARY 7, 1610: GALILEO DISCOVERS MOONS OF JUPITER
5. Gravity’s Guru JULY 1687: PUBLICATION OF NEWTON’S PRINCIPIA
6. Drawing Down the Fire JUNE 1752: FRANKLIN’S KITE EXPERIMENT
7. Trompe l’Oeil 1807: INVENTION OF THE CAMERA LUCIDA
8. Rules of Attraction 1820: FIRST EVIDENCE OF ELECTROMAGNETISM
9. Ingenious Engines CIRCA 1840S: BABBAGE’S ANALYTICAL ENGINE
10. Emperors of the Air SEPTEMBER 24, 1852: FIRST DIRIGIBLE TAKES FLIGHT
11. Disorderly Conduct JUNE 1871: MAXWELL AND HIS DEMON
12. Queens of Science NOVEMBER 1872: DEATH OF MARY SOMERVILLE
13. Calling Mister Watson MARCH 10, 1876: FIRST DOCUMENTED TRANSMISSION OF HUMAN SPEECH
14. Thrill Seekers 1884: FIRST U.S. ROLLER COASTER OPENS A CONEY ISLAND
15. Current Affairs MAY 1888: TESLA AND ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
16. Shadow Casters FEBRUARY 2, 1893: EDISON FILMS A SNEEZE
17. Radio Days 1895: TESLA DEMONSTRATES WIRELESS RADIO
18. Mysterious Rays NOVEMBER 8, 1895: ROENTGEN DISCOVERS X RAYS
19. A Thousand Points of Light OCTOBER 1897: DISCOVERY OF THE ELECTRON
20. Quantum Leap OCTOBER 1900: PLANCK INTRODUCES QUANTA
21. It’s All Relative JUNE 1905: EINSTEIN INTRODUCES SPECIAL RELATIVITY
22. Rocket Man MARCH 16, 1926: LAUNCH OF THE FIRST LIQUID-FUEL ROCKET
23. That Darn Cat 1935: SCHRÖDINGER’S QUANTUM CAT
24. Copy That OCTOBER 1938: FIRST XEROGRAPHIC COPY
25. Life During Wartime JULY 1945: THE TRINITY TEST
26. Gimme Shelter JUNE 2–4, 1947: THE SHELTER ISLAND CONFERENCE
27. Tiny Bubbles 1948: REDDI-WIP APPEARS ON THE MARKET
28. Mimicking Mother Nature MAY 13, 1958: VELCRO TRADEMARK REGISTERED
29. Energize Me DECEMBER 1958: INVENTION OF THE LASER
30. Small World DECEMBER 29, 1959: FEYNMAN’S CLASSIC CALTECH LECTURE
31. Contemplating Chaos CIRCA JANUARY 1961: LORENZ AND THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
32. Kamikaze Cosmos JULY 1963: DISCOVERY OF COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION
33. When Particles Collide APRIL 1994: DISCOVERY OF THE TOP QUARK
34. Checkmate MAY 1997: DEEP BLUE DEFEATS KASPAROV
35. Much Ado About Nothing DECEMBER 1998: DISCOVERY OF THE ACCELERATING UNIVERSE
36. The Case of the Missing Neutrinos FEBRUARY 2001: SOLUTION TO SOLAR NEUTRINO PROBLEM
37. Icarus Descending SEPTEMBER 2002: SCHOEN FOUND GUILTY OF SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT
38. String Section OCTOBER 2003: NOVA SPECIAL ON STRING THEORY
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
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