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Out of the shadow of a giant : Hooke, Halley and the birth of British science

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Shortlisted for the BSHS Hughes Prize What if Isaac Newton had never lived? Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Whilst Newton is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time, and the father of the English scientific revolution, John and Mary Gribbin uncover the fascinating story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose scientific achievements neatly embrace the hundred years or so during which science as we know it became established in Britain.

They argue persuasively that even without Newton science in Britain would have made a great leap forward in the second half of the seventeenth century, headed by two extraordinary men, Hooke and Halley.

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William Collins
000822059X / 9780008220594
Hardback
509.22
18/05/2017
United Kingdom
English
xvi, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (b
25 cm