The Pendulum

  • The Pendulum: A Case Study in Physics
    By Gregory L. Baker, James A. Blackburn

    M. Bennett, M. F. Schatz, H. Rockwood, and K. Wiesenfeld, ''Huygens's clocks,'' Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A458, 563–579 (2002). ... J. S. Brown, Journal of the Franklin Institute 52(whole series), 352–5, 426–7, (1851). R. Brown, N. F. Rulkov, ...

  • The Pendulum: A Case Study in Physics
    By Gregory L. Baker, James A. Blackburn

    Secondly, this book treats the physics of the pendulum within a historical and cultural context, showing, for example, that the pendulum has been intimately connected with studies of the earth's density, the earth's motion, and timekeeping.

  • The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives
    By Michael R. Matthews, Colin F. Gauld, Arthur Stinner

    Jammer , M .: 1961 , Concepts of Mass in Classical and Modern Physics , Harvard University Press , Cambridge , MA . ... 1985 , ' What was Einstein's Principle of Equivalence ?, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 16 ...

  • The Pendulum: A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Forbidden Nazi Past
    By Julie Lindahl

    The pendulum used by Julie’s grandmother to divine good from bad and true from false becomes a symbol for the elusiveness of truth and morality, but also for the false securities we cling to when we become unmoored.

  • The Pendulum: Come Out Swinging Through the Difficult Times
    By Rickie Rush

    ... Jesus who lives within. So the life of prayer is a constant discussion with the One who loves you deeply. God made you to talk to Him, and He longs to hear your voice. ... The answer to Jeremiah's question is—Jesus understands it.

  • The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives
    By Michael Matthews, Colin F. Gauld, Arthur Stinner

    The pendulum is a universal topic in primary and secondary schools, but its full potential for learning about physics, the nature of science, and the relationships between science, mathematics, technology, society and culture is seldom ...

  • The Pendulum: A Historical Allegory of Morality, Politics and War in America
    By Carl Monuto

    The Pendulum is the tale of a young man's journey past the certainties of childhood into the moral ambiguities of his father's past as he struggles to reclaim his throne.