For a recent issue of Nature Physics, Ursula Chadayammuri discusses Seeing Foucault’s Pendulum: Between Science, Politics, and Art by Michael Hagner. Click here to learn more about the book. Click here to read the review. An excerpt appears below:

“In revisiting the pendulum, Hagner offers more than the history of an experiment. He explores how knowledge travels — through demonstrations, lectures, and illustrations — and how it is always entangled with aesthetics, politics, and philosophy. The book reminds us that science is not merely about data but about persuasion, and about how truths are made visible.”