Clockwork Universe Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

Name: Clockwork Universe Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
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ISBN: 9780061719523

ISBN-10: 0061719528

ISBN-13: 9780061719523

Edition: 2011

Authors: Edward Dolnick

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Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Chronology


Preface



Chaos



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



Hope and Monsters



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



Into the Light



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



Battles 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



Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Illustration Credits


Index