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The clockwork universe :

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006171951X

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0061719528

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0062042262

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9780061719516

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9780061719523

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9780062042262

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b732061

Title Proper

The clockwork universe :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the birth of the modern world /

First Statement of Responsibility

Edward Dolnick.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

HarperCollins,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2011.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xviii, 378 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-360) and index.

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

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.

Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.

Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.

Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.

Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.

Newton, Isaac,1643-1727.

Royal Society (Great Britain)

Royal Society (Great Britain)

Religion and science-- History-- 17th century.

Science-- Europe-- History-- 17th century.

02.01 history of science and culture.

Biography., Physicists-- Great Britain.

Biography., Scientists-- Great Britain.

Religion and science.

Royal Society.

Science.

Europe.

Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

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System Code

Dolnick, Edward,1952-

Date of Transaction

20201203164138.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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