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

by Edward Dolnick
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The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

Science's birth amid chaos, genius, and order.

If the intermingling of science, history, and human drama captivates you, "The Clockwork Universe" is your pick. Edward Dolnick masterfully narrates the transformation of chaos into order by the luminaries of the era, providing fascinating insight into the minds that pioneered the scientific revolution. Reading this book is like watching the modern world hatch from the egg of the old.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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

by Edward Dolnick
Compare to estimated retail price: S$27.02  

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ISBN: 9780061719523
Authors: Edward Dolnick
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date of Publication: 2012-02-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, Science, Religion, History, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Historical, World History, Biography, Physics, History, American History
Goodreads rating: 3.95
(rated by 5811 readers)

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Edward Dolnick’s smoothly written history of the scientific revolution tells the stories of the key players and events that transformed society. From New York Times bestselling author Edward Dolnick, 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. At a time when the world was falling apart— in an age of religious wars, plague, and the Great Fire of London—a group of men looked around them and saw a world of perfect order. Chaotic as it looked, these earliest scientists declared, the universe was in fact an intricate and perfectly regulated clockwork. This was the tail-end of Shakespeare’s century, and these were brilliant, ambitious, confused, conflicted men. They believed in angels and alchemy and the devil, and they believed that the universe followed precise, mathematical laws. This is the story of the bewildered geniuses who made the modern world.
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Science's birth amid chaos, genius, and order.

If the intermingling of science, history, and human drama captivates you, "The Clockwork Universe" is your pick. Edward Dolnick masterfully narrates the transformation of chaos into order by the luminaries of the era, providing fascinating insight into the minds that pioneered the scientific revolution. Reading this book is like watching the modern world hatch from the egg of the old.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.