The book of science

8700 BCE - 2018 CE

Poetry and commentary reflecting milestones of the history of science

Welcome to The book of science. Come here each week to find poetry and commentary on another milestone of the history of science.

In 1835, describing the pseudo-forces pertaining to water wheels, Gustave Coriolis described the effect that later was given his name.

1834	Faraday efficiency A charge of one faraday Waste Commentary	Michael Faraday chemistry
1834	Ion Charged particles Faraday cup Going Commentary	Michael Faraday chemistry
1834	Peltier effect Findings Electrical units Solid-state effects Commentary	Jean Charles Athanase Peltier electromagnetism
1834	Laws of electrolysis History of electrolysis Periodic Commentary	Michael Faraday physics
1834	Cro-Magnons A place in time Myth Commentary	Édouard Lartet, Louis Lartet primatology
1833, 1843	Wheatstone bridge Christie bridge Other bridges Commentary	Samuel Hunter Christie, Charles Wheatstone electromagnetism
1833	‘Scientist’ Coinages ‘Poetist’ Commentary	William Whewell philosophy of science
1831	Faraday wave Good standing Cymatics Commentary	Michael Faraday acoustics
1831	Electric generator Electric generators Regen Commentary	Michael Faraday electromagnetism
1831	Faraday’s law of induction Lines of force Change of flux Commentary	Michael Faraday electromagnetism

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About, more about this book
Contents, a table of milestones in the history of science, arranged chronologically
Elements, tables for the chemical elements
Scientists, index of scientists, by last name
Sciences, index of sciences
Eponymous, index of milestones named after scientists
Keywords, index of keywords in poems and titles
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You may read subsets of The book of science as separate volumes. These generally contain only the last poem on each milestone from the full book: