Out of the Shadow of a Giant : Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science.

What if Newton had never lived? A compelling dual biography argues that Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley easily could have filled the giant's shoes-and deserve credit for the birth of modern science. Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gribbin, John
Otros Autores: Gribbin, Mary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
Colección:degruyterct.
Temas:
Halley, Edmond, > 1656-1742.
Hooke, Robert, > 1635-1703.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727.
Halley, Edmond, > 1656-1742
Hooke, Robert, > 1635-1703
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727
Science > Great Britain > History.
Science > History.
Sciences > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Sciences > Histoire.
SCIENCE > History.
Science
Great Britain
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Guidebooks
History
Guidebooks.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Out of the Shadows
  • 1 From Freshwater to Oxford
  • 2 The Most Ingenious Book That Ever I Read In My Life
  • 3 Monumental Achievements
  • 4 Meanwhile.  . .Â
  • 5 From Hackney to the High Seas
  • 6 Of Spring and Secretaryship
  • 7 A Mission of Gravity
  • 8 Halley, Newton and the Comet
  • 9 Not Fade Away
  • 10 To Command a Kingâ#x80;#x99;s Ship
  • 11 Legacies
  • Coda: How to do Science
  • Bibliography

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