The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
web links referenced in the endnotes
Chapter 1. Galileo
Chapter 2. Harvey
On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
Chapter 3. Newton
Chapter 4. Lavoisier
A comparison of the two versions of "On the Nature of the Principle which Combines with Metals During Calcinations and Increases Their Weight"
"Experiments on the Respiration of Animals and on the Changes Which Happen to Air in its Passage Through Their Lungs" in English and French
Chapter 5. Faraday
Experimental Researches in Electricity
Chapter 8. Michelson
Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light
Chapter 9. Pavlov