内容简介
Asicklychild,apoorstudent,andamedicalschooldropout,LéonFoucaultseemedanunlikelycandidateforgreatness.Buthisingeniousexperiment—simple,beautiful,andstunninglyoriginal—changedhowweseetheworld.Scientistsknewthattheearthturnedonitsaxis.Buthowcouldtheyproveit?Countlessexperimentshadbeentried...andhadfailed.Then,onehistoricdayinParis,LéonFoucaultgaveamagnificentdemonstrationthatofferedtheproofeveryonehadbeenlookingfor.DiscovertheimprobablestoryofthemanbehindthefamousFoucault’sPendulum.
作者简介
LikeLéonFoucault,whenLORIMORTENSENwasakid,shewassurroundedbyexperiments—notherownexperiments,butexperimentsconductedbyherfather,aresearchchemist.Asshegrewolder,herfatherdazzledherandhersisterwithallsortsofdemonstrations—whitewaxystuffthatburstintoflamewhenexposedtooxygen,foodcoloringthatwickedupwetpaperandseparatedintoitsprimarycolors,andbackyardweedsthathedistilledintohisownspecialbrandofcologne.AlthoughLorididnotbecomeachemist,sherememberedthefunoflearninganddiscovery.Today,sheisanaward-winning,multi-publishedauthorwhowritesaboutallsortsoffascinatingsubjectsrangingfromAncientEgypt,tohoneybees,toAmeliaEarhart.ShelivesandwritesinthefoothillsofnorthernCaliforniawithherfamilyandacatnamedMax.RAÚLALLÉNgrewupinValladolid,Spain.HereceivedadegreeinFineArtsfromtheUniversityofSalamancaandthenmovedtoBostontostudyillustrationanddesign.Raúl’sworkhasbeenexhibitedinNewYork,Boston,Madrid,andBarcelona,andhasappearedinRollingStoneandGQmagazines,amongothers.RaúlnowlivesinSpain.HisfirstAmericanpicturebook,OceanWide,OceanDeep,wasalsopublishedbyTricyclePress.
