Clockwork Universe
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1st Edition
Published on 8. February 2011
416 pages
978-0-06-204226-2 (ISBN)
Description
New York Times bestselling author Edward Dolnick brings to light the true story of one of the most pivotal moments in modern intellectual historywhen a group of strange, tormented geniuses invented science as we know it, and remade our understanding of the world. Dolnicks earth-changing story of Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the birth of modern science is at once an entertaining romp through the annals of academic history, in the vein of Bill Brysons A Short History of Nearly Everything, and a captivating exploration of a defining time for scientific progress, in the tradition of Richard Holmes The Age of Wonder.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Chronology
- Preface
- Part One: Chaos
- Chapter One - London, 1660
- Chapter Two - Satan's Claws
- Chapter Three - The End of the World
- Chapter Four - "When Spotted Death Ran Arm'd Through Every Street"
- Chapter Five - Melancholy Streets
- Chapter Six - Fire
- Chapter Seven - God at His Drawing Table
- Chapter Eight - The Idea That Unlocked the World
- Chapter Nine - Euclid and Unicorns
- Chapter Ten - The Boys' Club
- Chapter Eleven - To the Barricades!
- Chapter Twelve - Dogs and Rascals
- Chapter Thirteen - A Dose of Poison
- Chapter Fourteen - Of Mites and Men
- Chapter Fifteen - A Play Without an Audience
- Chapter Sixteen - All in Pieces
- Part Two: Hope and Monsters
- Chapter Seventeen - Never Seen Until This Moment
- Chapter Eighteen - Flies as Big as a Lamb
- Chapter Nineteen - From Earthworms to Angels
- Chapter Twenty - The Parade of the Horribles
- Chapter Twenty-One - "Shuddering Before the Beautiful"
- Chapter Twenty-Two - Patterns Made with Ideas
- Chapter Twenty-Three - God's Strange Cryptography
- Chapter Twenty-Four - The Secret Plan
- Chapter Twenty-Five - Tears of Joy
- Chapter Twenty-Six - Walrus with a Golden Nose
- Chapter Twenty-Seven - Cracking the Cosmic Safe
- Chapter Twenty-Eight - The View from the Crow's Nest
- Chapter Twenty-Nine - Sputnik in Orbit, 1687
- Chapter Thirty - Hidden in Plain Sight
- Chapter Thirty-One - Two Rocks and a Rope
- Chapter Thirty-Two - A Fly on the Wall
- Chapter Thirty-Three - "Euclid Alone Has Looked on Beauty Bare"
- Chapter Thirty-Four - Here Be Monsters!
- Photographic Insert
- Chapter Thirty-Five - Barricaded Against the Beast
- Chapter Thirty-Six - Out of the Whirlpool
- Part Three: Into the Light
- Chapter Thirty-Seven - All Men Are Created Equal
- Chapter Thirty-Eight - The Miracle Years
- Chapter Thirty-Nine - All Mystery Banished
- Chapter Forty - Talking Dogs and Unsuspected Powers
- Chapter Forty-One - The World in Close-Up
- Chapter Forty-Two - When the Cable Snaps
- Chapter Forty-Three - The Best of All Possible Feuds
- Chapter Forty-Four - Battle's End
- Chapter Forty-Five - The Apple and the Moon
- Chapter Forty-Six - A Visit to Cambridge
- Chapter Forty-Seven - Newton Bears Down
- Chapter Forty-Eight - Trouble with Mr. Hooke
- Chapter Forty-Nine - The System of the World
- Chapter Fifty - Only Three People
- Chapter Fifty-One - Just Crazy Enough
- Chapter Fifty-Two - In Search of God
- Chapter Fifty-Three - Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index
- Also by Edward Dolnick
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
