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The Fellowship: Gilbert, Bacon, Harvey, Wren, Newton, and the Story of a Scentific Revolution
The Fellowship Gilbert Bacon Harvey Wren Newton and the Story of a Scentific Revolution
Author: John Gribbin
Seventeenth-century England was racked by civil war, plague and fire; a world ruled by superstition and ignorance. But another tumultuous event was also taking place: the revolution in science. A series of meetings of 'natural philosophers' in Oxford and London saw the beginning of a new method of thinking based on proof and experiment. And...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781585678310
ISBN-10: 1585678317
Publication Date: 4/19/2007
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Book Type: Hardcover
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Gribben is a solid writer and this is pretty well done. You might end up taking Newton off his pedestal when you've read it - the stories of Hooke and Halley are fascinating.


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