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1988 Italian novel by Umberto Eco
Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault [il ˈpɛndolo di fuˈko]) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first
Foucault's_Pendulum
Device to demonstrate Earth's rotation
The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the
Foucault_pendulum
French physicist (1819–1868)
1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist who invented the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation. He also made
Léon_Foucault
Mechanism for regulating the speed of clocks
pendulums Blackburn pendulum Conical pendulum Cycloidal pendulum Double pendulum Double inverted pendulum Doubochinski's pendulum Foucault pendulum Furuta
Pendulum
January 2026. "Foucaults pendul : STENO MUSEETS SAMLINGER" (in Danish). Retrieved 15 January 2026. "This team fixed the Foucault pendulum at the Geocenter"
List_of_Foucault_pendulums
National mausoleum in Paris
Bramante's Tempietto. In 1851, Léon Foucault conducted a demonstration of diurnal motion at the Panthéon by suspending a pendulum from the ceiling, a copy of
Panthéon
Phase of a cycle
examples is the Foucault pendulum. An easy explanation in terms of geometric phases is given by Wilczek and Shapere: How does the pendulum precess when it
Geometric_phase
Italian semiotician, philosopher and writer (1932–2016)
biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on the history of occultism and its
Umberto_Eco
2002 French academic dispute
the origin of physical space." In addition, the paper claimed, the Foucault pendulum experiment "cannot be explained satisfactorily in either classical
Bogdanov_affair
Relativistic correction
precession gives a correction to the precession of a Foucault pendulum. For a Foucault pendulum located in the city of Nijmegen in the Netherlands the
Thomas_precession
Roman Catholic church in Kraków, Poland
longest Foucault pendulum in Poland (46,5 m), suspended for the popular display of the Earth's rotation. Named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, the
Church of Saints Apostles Peter and Paul, Kraków
Church_of_Saints_Apostles_Peter_and_Paul,_Kraków
Precession of a gyroscope due to a nearby celestial body's rotation affecting spacetime
2\cdot 10^{-4}{\text{ arcseconds}}/{\text{day}}.} At this rate a Foucault pendulum would have to oscillate for more than 16000 years to precess 1 degree
Lense–Thirring_precession
Topics referred to by the same term
kind of clock that uses a pendulum to keep time Pendulum car, an experimental tilting train Foucault pendulum, a pendulum that demonstrates the Earth's
Pendulum_(disambiguation)
Industrial design museum in Paris
in Saint-Denis. Among its collection is an original version of the Foucault pendulum, the original model of Liberty Enlightening the World (commonly known
Musée_des_Arts_et_Métiers
1995 essay by Umberto Eco
t e Umberto Eco Bibliography Novels The Name of the Rose (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious
Ur-Fascism
Alleged anomalous behavior of pendulums and gravimeters
reported as an anomalous precession of the plane of oscillation of a Foucault pendulum during the solar eclipse of June 30, 1954 by Maurice Allais, a French
Allais_effect
Mechanics analogue of the geometric phase
The Foucault pendulum is an example from classical mechanics that is sometimes also used to illustrate the Berry phase. Below we study the Foucault pendulum
Hannay_angle
Rotation of Earth around its axis
most celebrated test of Earth's rotation is the Foucault pendulum first built by physicist Léon Foucault in 1851, which consisted of a lead-filled brass
Earth's_rotation
Historical novel by Umberto Eco
(Gnosticism is a pervasive presence in another of Eco's novels, Foucault's Pendulum). Philosophical debates are mixed with comedy, epic adventure and
Baudolino
Type of pendulum invented in the 1950s
The paraconical pendulum is a type of pendulum invented in the 1950s by Maurice Allais, a French researcher. During the 1950s, Maurice Allais conducted
Paraconical_pendulum
Private liberal arts college in the U.S.
telescope, both made by Meade Instruments. The Foucault Pendulum is at the top of the four-story tower. The pendulum drive magnet is housed within a cast iron
St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)
St._John's_College_(Annapolis/Santa_Fe)
Seat of the Parliament of India
Mahatma Gandhi and Chanakya in the premises of the new building. A foucault pendulum, created by the National Council of Science Museums, is suspended
Parliament_House,_New_Delhi
Apparent force in a rotating reference frame
rotation of the Earth can be seen indirectly through the motion of a Foucault pendulum. A practical application of the Coriolis effect is the mass flow meter
Coriolis_force
Topics referred to by the same term
Rei, a fictional secret society featured in Umberto Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum Panta Rhei, a ship operated by Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft
Panta_Rhei
Observatory in Los Angeles, California
anniversary The first exhibit visitors encountered in 1935 was the Foucault pendulum, which was designed to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. The
Griffith_Observatory
1994 Italian-language novel by Eco
the author of the two world successes The Name of the Rose and the Foucault's Pendulum, and which malicious tongues called "Chronicle of an announced bestseller”
The_Island_of_the_Day_Before
Verse of the Bible
Jubal wished that he could do likewise.)" In Umberto Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum one of the characters, Aglie, uses the phrase "Quid est veritas?"
John_18:38
Topics referred to by the same term
Terrible Umbilicum mundi, a major plot device in Umberto Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum "Navel of the World", part of the music of Chrono Trigger The Fountain
Navel of the World (disambiguation)
Navel_of_the_World_(disambiguation)
Hotel and conference venue in Manchester, England
features a pendulum reminiscent of a Foucault pendulum, but in fact it is not a real Foucault pendulum as it doesn't precess. Instead, once the pendulum is set
Manchester_Conference_Centre
1903 antisemitic text
of literature, the tract was analyzed by Umberto Eco in his novel Foucault's Pendulum (1988): The great importance of The Protocols lies in its permitting
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion
Name list
Requiem for Innocence Jacopo Belbo, one of the main characters of Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco Jacopo Peterman, a character portrayed by John O'Hurley
Jacopo
Academic building in Ohio, United States
structure had an impressive glass front entrance showing off the Foucault Pendulum within. Culler Hall was renovated on the inside with its shell largely
Culler Hall (Miami University)
Culler_Hall_(Miami_University)
17th-century European spiritual movement
Rosicrucianism with a secret society called Priory of Sion. Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum (1988), Serendipities: Language and Lunacy (1998). Dan Brown, The
Rosicrucianism
2003 novel by Dan Brown
offshoot" of Eco's novel, Foucault's Pendulum. In response, Eco remarked, "Dan Brown is a character from Foucault's Pendulum! I invented him. He shares
The_Da_Vinci_Code
1986 film
t e Umberto Eco Bibliography Novels The Name of the Rose (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious
The_Name_of_the_Rose_(film)
Natural electric current in the Earth's crust
imagination of authors, finding its way into fiction. In Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, the search for a mystic center of the Earth connects to telluric
Telluric_current
English language translator (1923–2013)
della rosa, 1980.) Harvest/HBJ (ISBN 0-15-600131-4). Foucault's Pendulum (1989). (Il pendolo di Foucault, 1988.) Ballantine (ISBN 0-345-36875-4). The Bomb
William_Weaver
Frame-dependent apparent force in Physics
be detected under careful conditions. For example, Léon Foucault used his Foucault pendulum to show that the Coriolis force results from the Earth's
Fictitious_force
Planetarium in Novosibirsk, Russia
planetarium has two floors. Next to the planetarium is a tower with a Foucault pendulum, its length is 15 m. Novosibirsk Planetarium. Новосибирский Планетарий
Large_Novosibirsk_Planetarium
Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia
sculpture was removed and replaced by a Foucault pendulum. On 12 April 1931, the first public demonstration of the pendulum was held to visualize Copernicus'
Saint_Isaac's_Cathedral
2005 novel by Stieg Larsson
plots. There are many signs of both The Name of the Rose and of Foucault's Pendulum in the Millennium series, and in some sense these two works are contained
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo
Historic site in Pennsylvania, USA
operating theater. The planetarium also housed a thirty-five foot long Foucault pendulum and a ten-inch, Siderostat-type, refractor telescope (now the second
Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science Building
Buhl_Planetarium_and_Institute_of_Popular_Science_Building
Science museum in Andalusia, Spain
phenomena and solve problems using interactive exhibits. Gyroscopes, levers, pendulums, the Venturi effect, gears.... these are just some examples of the experiments
Parque de las Ciencias (Granada)
Parque_de_las_Ciencias_(Granada)
Brief summary of a research article
summarises was the 1919 paper On the Irregularities of Motion of the Foucault Pendulum published in the Physical Review of the American Physical Society
Abstract_(summary)
Historical Illuminatus Chronicles in the 1980s and 1991. Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum is a labyrinthine 1988 novel about all sorts of secret societies
Illuminati_in_popular_culture
Physics apparatus to demonstrate rotation of Earth
for experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation, similar to the Foucault pendulum and to gyroscope devices. Arthur Compton (Nobel Prize in Physics in
Compton_generator
Catholic military order, 1118 to 1312
embellishments have been added in popular novels such as Ivanhoe, Foucault's Pendulum, and The Da Vinci Code; modern movies such as National Treasure,
Knights_Templar
Convention center in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
into the building's interior and for housing the world's largest Foucault pendulum. The center is owned by Metro, the Portland area's regional government
Oregon_Convention_Center
Device for measuring or maintaining orientation
miniaturized gyroscope found in electronic devices. It takes the idea of the Foucault pendulum and uses a vibrating element. This kind of gyroscope was first used
Gyroscope
translation: The Name of the Rose, 1983) Il pendolo di Foucault (1988; English translation: Foucault's Pendulum, 1989) L'isola del giorno prima (1994; English
Umberto_Eco_bibliography
Science museum in Chicago, Illinois
(12-meter) water vapor tornado vortex, a rotating sand avalanche disk, a Foucault pendulum suspended from the ceiling, a tsunami wave tank, tethered hot air
Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Chicago)
Physics experiment
Equivalence principle Fifth force Inertial frame General relativity Foucault pendulum Eddington experiment Tests of general relativity Marco Mamone Capria
Eötvös_experiment
Cemetery in Long Beach, California
also a “Paradise” mosaic, a rendition of Raphael's fresco, and a Foucault pendulum, one of eight in Southern California. Art Chapman, ice hockey player
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Long Beach)
Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Long_Beach)
Town in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
building with a square bell tower and a small planetarium and a Foucault's pendulum. From atop the tower one can survey the town, the tiny harbor, the
Frombork
theory Wronskian Loewy decomposition Pendulum Inverted pendulum Double pendulum Foucault pendulum Spherical pendulum Kinematics Equation of motion Dynamics
List of dynamical systems and differential equations topics
List_of_dynamical_systems_and_differential_equations_topics
Repetitive variation of some measure about a central value
different states. Familiar examples of oscillation include a swinging pendulum and alternating current. Oscillations are often used in physics to approximate
Oscillation
American meteorologist (1923–2019)
Hampshire on March 15, 2019. He published his last academic paper, on the Foucault pendulum, at the age of 90. In 1956, his seminal paper, "The general circulation
Norman_A._Phillips
French engineering school founded in 1794
original pendulum bob snapped causing irreparable damage to the pendulum and to the marble flooring of the museum. The novel Foucault's Pendulum written
Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
Conservatoire_national_des_arts_et_métiers
Taltos 1995 Cry to Heaven The Island of the Day Before Rainbow's End Foucault's Pendulum The Silver Lining: A Collection of Poems: "Little Boy Blue" 1996
List of Tim Curry performances
List_of_Tim_Curry_performances
1980 historical novel by Umberto Eco
t e Umberto Eco Bibliography Novels The Name of the Rose (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious
The_Name_of_the_Rose
Book by Umberto Eco
Musketeers, and some of his own works such as The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. A book for the sophisticated reader, it was nevertheless extremely
Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
Six_Walks_in_the_Fictional_Woods
aged 84), Italian professor and novelist (The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum). Jim Edgar (1946-2025; aged 79) American politician who served as
List of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
List_of_people_diagnosed_with_pancreatic_cancer
10th-century Bulgarian neo-Gnostic sect
"Bogomils", due to their known tendency for conflation and confusion. In Foucault's Pendulum, a novel by the Italian philosopher and writer Umberto Eco, the plot
Bogomilism
American sculptor
student, he was very influenced by the science and the design of the Foucault pendulum and Muybridge’s sequential photos. Helmick has created over 50 complex
Ralph_Helmick
Experiment in 1852 to demonstrate the Earth's rotation
The Foucault gyroscope was a gyroscope created by French physicist Léon Foucault in 1852, conceived as a follow-up experiment to his pendulum in order
Foucault's_gyroscope
3-Dimensional analogue of a pendulum
In physics, a spherical pendulum is a higher dimensional analogue of the pendulum. It consists of a mass m moving without friction on the surface of a
Spherical_pendulum
Multiple proofs regarding Earth's approximately spherical shape
gravitational acceleration is measured in m/s2). Observations of Foucault pendulums, popular in science museums around the world, demonstrate both that
Empirical evidence for the spherical shape of Earth
Empirical_evidence_for_the_spherical_shape_of_Earth
1985 novel by Carl Sagan
her trust in science by standing at a precise point in front of a Foucault pendulum. Dismissing Rankin's views, she finds Joss's perspective intriguing
Contact_(novel)
by Raymond Carver "Blood and Guts in High School" by Kathy Acker "Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco "Wild at Heart" by Barry Gifford "The Famished Road"
The_Graphic_Canon
and philosopher that wrote on semiotics. He was also the author of Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of the Rose. Paul Edwards (1923–2004): Austrian-American
List_of_atheist_philosophers
French physicist
pendulum and the effects upon it by the rotation of the Earth, an effect similar in principle to the (planar) Foucault pendulum. Soon after Foucault published
Auguste_Bravais
Loops of electric current induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field
In electromagnetism, an eddy current (also called Foucault's current) is a loop of electric current induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field
Eddy_current
Italian occultist (1743–1795)
Cagliostro is frequently mentioned in Umberto Eco's 1988 novel Foucault's Pendulum. Cagliostro is a character in Robert Anton Wilson's The Historical
Alessandro_Cagliostro
Science museum in Warsaw, Poland
Foucault pendulum
Copernicus_Science_Centre
Christian Doppler demonstrates the Doppler shift. 1851 – Léon Foucault uses Foucault pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. 1859 – Charles Darwin
Timeline of scientific experiments
Timeline_of_scientific_experiments
(1988) by Don Delillo Wittgenstein's Mistress (1988) by David Markson Foucault's Pendulum (1988) by Umberto Eco Dance Dance Dance (1988) by Haruki Murakami
List_of_postmodern_novels
1887 investigation of the speed of light
(COBE) Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment Davisson–Germer Double-slit Foucault pendulum Franck–Hertz Gravity Probe A Gravity Probe B Geiger–Marsden Homestake
Michelson–Morley_experiment
Season of television series
statue of a cat sitting next to Foucault's pendulum to find their next clue. However, there were two Foucault pendulums in Paris, but only the one at the
The_Amazing_Race_1
American artist
also created other non-equestrian works as well. She created the Foucault pendulum clock, which is displayed in the rotunda of the Lexington Public Library
Adalin_Wichman
University in Gdańsk, Poland
performed a similar experiment at the Paris Pantheon in 1851. The Foucault pendulum is designed to show the rotation of the Earth on its axis. An electromagnet
Gdańsk University of Technology
Gdańsk_University_of_Technology
American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)
ahead with it. Kubrick was unable to direct a film of Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum as Eco had given his publisher instructions to never sell the film
Stanley_Kubrick
US scientific research station at the South Pole, Antarctica
Night: Portraits of the South Pole which chronicles the South Pole Foucault Pendulum, the 300 Club, the first midwinter medevac, and science at the Pole
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
Amundsen–Scott_South_Pole_Station
Topics referred to by the same term
small lunar impact crater 5668 Foucault, an asteroid Foucault pendulum Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher Foucault (Deleuze book) (1986), a book
Foucault_(disambiguation)
Building located on the Belknap Campus of the University of Louisville
one in the American South. Inside, under the dome of the Rotunda, a Foucault Pendulum extends 72 feet to the lower level. It was added to the building during
Grawemeyer_Hall
t e Umberto Eco Bibliography Novels The Name of the Rose (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious
Kant_and_the_Platypus
Long fictional narrative story
Lot 49 (1966), to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose (1980) and Foucault's Pendulum (1989) made use of intertextual references. While the reader of so-called
Novel
Natural history museum in Houston, Texas
three large Quetzalcoatlus. The Foucault pendulum, demonstrating the Earth's rotation. The length of the pendulum's cable is over 60 feet (18 m) long
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science
2005 Canadian TV series or program
favourite tool was the specialized pendulum that looked like the Foucault pendulum. Accompanied with the pendulum was a board that lets a spirit answer
The_Girly_Ghosthunters
Cathedral in Frombork, Poland
building with a square bell tower and a small planetarium and a Foucault's pendulum. The city suffered destruction during the Polish–Swedish wars. Between
Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew, Frombork
Archcathedral_Basilica_of_the_Assumption_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary_and_St._Andrew,_Frombork
Rotation independent of any external reference
relative to these stars. Absolute time and space Mach's principle Foucault pendulum Max Born and Günther Leibfried (January 1962). Einstein's Theory of
Absolute_rotation
Library system in Lexington, Kentucky
the focal point of the building, spans all five floors and houses a Foucault pendulum and frieze designed by Lexington sculptor Adalin Wichman depicting
Lexington_Public_Library
Luxury hotel and casino in Macau
Details for this phase have yet to be confirmed. Fountain show at night Foucault Pendulum inside Wynn Palace View of fountain show from inside restaurant Roadside
Wynn_Palace
Physical phenomenon
into account in Meteorology and Oceanography, the Eötvös effect, the Foucault pendulum, and Taylor columns. In 1915 Eötvös constructed a tabletop device
Eötvös_effect
Informal group of scholars, as in Royal Society of London's precursor groups
term is mentioned in the novel The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown and Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. It was the inspiration for the Unseen University
Invisible_College
offer from Kubrick regarding a film adaptation of Eco's 1988 novel Foucault's Pendulum, declined due to his dissatisfaction with the 1986 film adaptation
Stanley Kubrick's unrealized projects
Stanley_Kubrick's_unrealized_projects
Fictional organization in the television series Lost
providing a window of opportunity to reach it. A large pendulum (resembling a Foucault pendulum) hangs from the ceiling making chalk marks on a map on
Dharma_Initiative
Indian trumpet
(1895), where it is associated with the thugee cult. In Chapter 62 of Foucault's Pendulum (1988) the Ramsinga is also mentioned, being played by a devotee
Ransingha
French academic (1934–2021)
September 2008). Esotericism, Irony and Paranoia in Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (pdf). University of Sydney. pp. 64–65. Archived (PDF) from the original
Antoine_Faivre
equation and his stress tensor 1851 – Léon Foucault shows the Earth's rotation with a huge pendulum (Foucault pendulum) 1870 – Rudolf Clausius deduces virial
Timeline of classical mechanics
Timeline_of_classical_mechanics
2009 book by Umberto Eco
t e Umberto Eco Bibliography Novels The Name of the Rose (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious
The_Infinity_of_Lists
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