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   Foucault's Pendulum

   Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault) is a novel by Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988; the translation into English by William Weaver appeared a year later.
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   Foucault pendulum

   The Foucault pendulum (pronounced /fuːˈkoʊ/ "foo-KOH"), or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth.
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   Foucault Pendulum vector diagrams

   Several vector diagrams are often used to demonstrate the physics underlying the Foucault pendulum. ... The pendulum is drawn so that 90 degrees of pendulum arc sweeps out 90 degrees of arc on the surface of the Earth.
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   Pendulum

   A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so it can swing freely. ... "Spinning Foucault's Pendulum at the Panthéon".
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   List of Foucault pendulums

   This is a list of Foucault pendulums in the world: ... Foucault's Pendulum in the Panthéon, Paris.
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   Pendulum (disambiguation)

   A pendulum is a body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, and it may refer to: ... Foucault pendulum, a pendulum that demonstrates the Earth's rotation
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   1988 in literature

   The year 1988 in literature involved some significant events and new books. ... Umberto Eco - Foucault's Pendulum (Il pendolo di Foucault)
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   Scientific demonstration

   A scientific demonstration is a scientific experiment carried out for the purposes of demonstrating scientific principles, rather than for hypothesis testing or knowledge gathering (although they may originally have been carried out for these purposes). ... Foucault's pendulum
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   1989 in literature

   The year 1989 in literature involved some significant events and new books. ... Umberto Eco – Foucault's Pendulum
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    Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

    The Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), or National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, is a doctoral degree-granting higher education establishment (or grand établissement) operated by the French government, dedicated to providing education and conducting research for the promotion of science and industry. ... The novel Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco deals greatly with this establishment, as the Foucault pendulum that once hung there played a great role in the storyline.

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