The clockwork universe Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the birth of the modern world
A"New York Times"-bestselling author presents the true story of a pivotal moment in modern history when a group of strange, tormented geniuses--Isaac Newton chief among them--invented science and remade our understanding of the world.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The clockwork universe : |b Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the birth of the modern world / |c Edward Dolnick. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York, NY : |b Harper, |c c2011. | ||
| 300 | |a xviii, 378 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill. (some col.) ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-360) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a London, 1660 -- Satan's claws -- The end of the world -- "When spotted death ran arm'd through every street" -- Melancholy streets -- Fire -- God at His drawing table -- The idea that unlocked the world -- Euclid and unicorns -- The boys' club -- To the barricades! -- Dogs and rascals -- A dose of poison -- Of mites and men -- A play without an audience -- All in pieces -- Never seen until this moment -- Flies as big as a lamb -- From earthworms to angels -- The parade of the horribles -- "Shuddering before the beautiful" -- Patterns made with ideas -- God's strange cryptography -- The secret plan -- Tears of joy -- Walrus with a golden nose -- Cracking the cosmic safe -- The view from the crow's nest -- Sputnik in orbit, 1687 -- Hidden in plain sight -- Two rocks and a rope -- A fly on the wall -- "Euclid alone has looked on beauty bare" -- Here be monsters! -- Barricaded against the beast -- Out of the whirlpool -- All men are created equal -- The miracle years -- All mystery banished -- Talking dogs and unsuspected powers -- The world in close-up -- When the cable snaps -- The best of all possible feuds -- Battle's end -- The apple and the moon -- A visit to Cambridge -- Newton bears down -- Trouble with Mr. Hooke -- The system of the world -- Only three people -- Just crazy enough -- In search of God. | |
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| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Newton, Isaac, |c Sir, |d 1642-1727. |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Religion and science |x History |y 17th century. | |
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