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" The clockwork universe : "
Edward Dolnick.
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BL
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977691
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b732061
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| Main Entry
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Dolnick, Edward,1952-
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The clockwork universe : : Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the birth of the modern world /\ Edward Dolnick.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: HarperCollins,, ©2011.
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xviii, 378 pages ;; 24 cm
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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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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-360) and index.
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| Contents
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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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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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Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.
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Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.
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Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.
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Newton, Isaac,1642-1727.
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Newton, Isaac,1643-1727.
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Royal Society (Great Britain)
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Royal Society (Great Britain)
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Religion and science-- History-- 17th century.
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Science-- Europe-- History-- 17th century.
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02.01 history of science and culture.
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Religion and science.
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Science.
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Biography., Physicists-- Great Britain.
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Biography., Scientists-- Great Britain.
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Royal Society.
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Europe.
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
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| Dewey Classification
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509.4/09032
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Q127.E8D65 2011
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02.01bcl
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