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

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In 1927, Irving Langmuir described the peculiar counter-rotating circulation of waters in oceans.

1927

Langmuir circulation Pycnocline Lines Commentary

Irving Langmuir oceanography

New recently

1928-1929	Plasma oscillation Langmuir waves Instabilities Commentary	Irving Langmuir, Lewi Tonks physics
1705,1894	Gas-discharge lamp Plasma lamp Did he Gas discharges Commentary	Francis Hauksbee, Nikola Tesla physics
1902	Stratosphere Stratospheric facts Living in the sky Commentary	Richard Assmann, Léon Teisserenc de Bort atmospheric sciences
1450,1481	Hygrometer Hygrometer designs Water witching Commentary	Nicolaus de Cusa, Leonardo da Vinci atmospheric sciences

Parts of this book

You may jump to some parts of The book of science directly by selecting menu items:

• About, more about this book
• Contents, a table of milestones in the history of science, arranged chronologically
• Elements, tables for the chemical elements
  • Periodic table of the elements
  • Index of elements by year of discovery
  • Index of elements by atomic number
• 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
• Search, where you can search the book by word or phrase

Related works

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:

• Elements of elements of science
• The booklet of science

This web site also includes other works by Tom Sharp and work by other poets.