{"product_id":"9780792323990","title":"The New (So-Called) Magdeburg Experiments of Otto Von Guericke","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe New (So-Called) Magdeburg Experiments of Otto Von Guericke\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003evon Guericke, Otto\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eOtto von Guericke has been called a neglected genius,  overlooked by most modern scholars, scientists, and laymen. He wrote  his \u003cem\u003eE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003experimenta Nova\u003c\/em\u003e in the seventeenth century in Latin,  a dead language for the most part inaccessible to contemporary  scientists. Thus isolated by the remoteness of his time and his means  of communication, von Guericke has for many years been denied the  recognition he deserves in the English speaking world. Indeed, the  century in which he lived witnessed the invention of six important and  valuable scientific instruments -- the microscope, the telescope, the  pendulum clock, the barometer, the thermometer, and the air pump. Von  Guericke was associated with the development of the last three of  these; he also experimented with a rudimentary electric machine. Thus  his \u003cem\u003eExperimenta\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNova\u003c\/em\u003e was an important work, heralding the  emerging empiricism of seventeenth century science, and merits this  first English translation of von Guericke's \u003cem\u003emagnus opus\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1994-04-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792323990\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-2010-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 400.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378886041740,"sku":"9780792323990","price":197.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792323990.jpg?v=1765470671","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792323990","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}