Finding the speed of light

the 1676 discovery that dazzled the world

Finding the speed of light

the 1676 discovery that dazzled the world
written by Mark Weston ; illustrated by Rebecca Evans
Book - 2019

Provides a picture book biography of seventeenth-century Danish astronomer Ole Romer who, using only a crude telescope and mechanical timepiece, accidentally managed to measure the speed of light with great accuracy while studying Jupiter's moon. Includes an afterword, a note on Romer's later years, and a timeline.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weston, Mark, 1953- (Author)
Other Authors: Evans, Rebecca (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2019]
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