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The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
Author: Edward Dolnick
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FromFor this narrative of the seventeenth centurys scientific revolution, Dolnick embeds the mathematical discoveries of Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Leibniz in the prevailing outlook of their time. God was presumed integral to the universe, so discerning how it worked was a quest as theological as it was intellectual. By directing readers to the deistic drive in their famous achievements, Dolnick accents what otherwise strikes moderns as strange, such as Newtons obsession with alchemy and biblical hermeneutics. Those pursuits held codes to Gods mind, as did motion and, especially, planetary motion, and Dolnicks substance follows the greats progress in code-breaking, depicting Keplers mathematical thought process in devising his laws, Galileos in breaking out the vectors of falling objects, Newtons and Leibnizs in inventing calculus, and Newtons in formulating his laws of gravitation. Including apt biographical detail, Dolnick humanizes the group, socializes them by means of their connections to such coevals as the members of the nascent Royal Society, and captures their mental coexistence in mysticism and rationality. A concise explainer, Dolnick furnishes a fine survey introduction to a fertile field of scientific biography and history. --Gilbert Taylor ReviewAn engrossing read. (_Library Journal_ ) A lively account of early science. . . . Colorful, entertainingly written and nicely paced. (_Kirkus Reviews_ ) A character-rich, historical narrative. (_Wall Street Journal_ ) [Dolnick] offers penetrating portraits of the geniuses of the day . . . who offer fertile ground for entertaining writing. [He] has an eye for vivid details in aid of historical recreation, and an affection for his subjects . . . [An] informative read. (_Publishers Weekly_ ) FromFor this narrative of the seventeenth centurys scientific revolution, Dolnick embeds the mathematical discoveries of Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Leibniz in the prevailing outlook of their time. God was presumed integral to the universe, so discerning how it worked was a quest as theological as it was intellectual. By directing readers to the deistic drive in their famous achievements, Dolnick accents what otherwise strikes moderns as strange, such as Newtons obsession with alchemy and biblical hermeneutics. Those pursuits held codes to Gods mind, as did motion and, especially, planetary motion, and Dolnicks substance follows the greats progress in code-breaking, depicting Keplers mathematical thought process in devising his laws, Galileos in breaking out the vectors of falling objects, Newtons and Leibnizs in inventing calculus, and Newtons in formulating his laws of gravitation. Including apt biographical detail, Dolnick humanizes the group, socializes them by means of their connections to such coevals as the members of the nascent Royal Society, and captures their mental coexistence in mysticism and rationality. A concise explainer, Dolnick furnishes a fine survey introduction to a fertile field of scientific biography and history. --Gilbert Taylor ReviewA lively account of early science. . . . Colorful, entertainingly written and nicely paced. (_Kirkus Reviews_ ) [Dolnick] offers penetrating portraits of the geniuses of the day . . . who offer fertile ground for entertaining writing. [He] has an eye for vivid details in aid of historical recreation, and an affection for his subjects . . . [An] informative read. (_Publishers Weekly_ ) An engrossing read. (_Library Journal_ ) A character-rich, historical narrative. (_Wall Street Journal_ ) FromFor this narrative of the seventeenth centurys scientific revolution, Dolnick embeds the mathematical discoveries of Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Leibniz in the prevailing outlook of their time. God was presumed integral to the universe, so discerning how it worked was a quest as theological as it was intellectual. By directing readers to the deistic drive in their famous achievements, Dolnick accents what otherwise strikes moderns as strange, such as Newtons obsession with alchemy and biblical hermeneutics. Those pursuits held codes to Gods mind, as did motion and, especially, planetary motion, and Dolnicks substance follows the greats progress in code-breaking, depicting Keplers mathematical thought process in devising his laws, Galileos in breaking out the vectors of falling objects, Newtons and Leibnizs in inventing calculus, and Newtons in formulating his laws of gravitation. Including apt biographical detail, Dolnick humanizes the group, socializes them by means of their connections to such coevals as the members of the nascent Royal Society, and captures their mental coexistence in mysticism and rationality. A concise explainer, Dolnick furnishes a fine survey introduction to a fertile field of scientific biography and history. --Gilbert Taylor ReviewA lively account of early science. . . . Colorful, entertainingly written and nicely paced. (_Kirkus Reviews_ ) [Dolnick] offers penetrating portraits of the geniuses of the day . . . who offer fertile ground for entertaining writing. [He] has an eye for vivid details in aid of historical recreation, and an affection for his subjects . . . [An] informative read. (_Publishers Weekly_ ) An engrossing read. (_Library Journal_ ) A character-rich, historical narrative. (_Wall Street Journal_ )
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FromFor this narrative of the seventeenth centurys scientific revolution, Dolnick embeds the mathematical discoveries of Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Leibniz in the prevailing outlook of their time. God was presumed integral to the universe, so discerning how it worked was a quest as theological as it was intellectual. By directing readers to the deistic drive in their famous achievements, Dolnick accents what otherwise strikes moderns as strange, such as Newtons obsession with alchemy and biblical hermeneutics. Those pursuits held codes to Gods mind, as did motion and, especially, planetary motion, and Dolnicks substance follows the greats progress in code-breaking, depicting Keplers mathematical thought process in devising his laws, Galileos in breaking out the vectors of falling objects, Newtons and Leibnizs in inventing calculus, and Newtons in formulating his laws of gravitation. Including apt biographical detail, Dolnick humanizes the group, socializes them by means of their connections to such coevals as the members of the nascent Royal Society, and captures their mental coexistence in mysticism and rationality. A concise explainer, Dolnick furnishes a fine survey introduction to a fertile field of scientific biography and history. --Gilbert Taylor ReviewAn engrossing read. (_Library Journal_ ) A lively account of early science. . . . Colorful, entertainingly written and nicely paced. (_Kirkus Reviews_ ) A character-rich, historical narrative. (_Wall Street Journal_ ) [Dolnick] offers penetrating portraits of the geniuses of the day . . . who offer fertile ground for entertaining writing. [He] has an eye for vivid details in aid of historical recreation, and an affection for his subjects . . . [An] informative read. (_Publishers Weekly_ ) FromFor this narrative of the seventeenth centurys scientific revolution, Dolnick embeds the mathematical discoveries of Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Leibniz in the prevailing outlook of their time. God was presumed integral to the universe, so discerning how it worked was a quest as theological as it was intellectual. By directing readers to the deistic drive in their famous achievements, Dolnick accents what otherwise strikes moderns as strange, such as Newtons obsession with alchemy and biblical hermeneutics. Those pursuits held codes to Gods mind, as did motion and, especially, planetary motion, and Dolnicks substance follows the greats progress in code-breaking, depicting Keplers mathematical thought process in devising his laws, Galileos in breaking out the vectors of falling objects, Newtons and Leibnizs in inventing calculus, and Newtons in formulating his laws of gravitation. Including apt biographical detail, Dolnick humanizes the group, socializes them by means of their connections to such coevals as the members of the nascent Royal Society, and captures their mental coexistence in mysticism and rationality. A concise explainer, Dolnick furnishes a fine survey introduction to a fertile field of scientific biography and history. --Gilbert Taylor ReviewA lively account of early science. . . . Colorful, entertainingly written and nicely paced. (_Kirkus Reviews_ ) [Dolnick] offers penetrating portraits of the geniuses of the day . . . who offer fertile ground for entertaining writing. [He] has an eye for vivid details in aid of historical recreation, and an affection for his subjects . . . [An] informative read. (_Publishers Weekly_ ) An engrossing read. (_Library Journal_ ) A character-rich, historical narrative. (_Wall Street Journal_ ) FromFor this narrative of the seventeenth centurys scientific revolution, Dolnick embeds the mathematical discoveries of Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Leibniz in the prevailing outlook of their time. God was presumed integral to the universe, so discerning how it worked was a quest as theological as it was intellectual. By directing readers to the deistic drive in their famous achievements, Dolnick accents what otherwise strikes moderns as strange, such as Newtons obsession with alchemy and biblical hermeneutics. Those pursuits held codes to Gods mind, as did motion and, especially, planetary motion, and Dolnicks substance follows the greats progress in code-breaking, depicting Keplers mathematical thought process in devising his laws, Galileos in breaking out the vectors of falling objects, Newtons and Leibnizs in inventing calculus, and Newtons in formulating his laws of gravitation. Including apt biographical detail, Dolnick humanizes the group, socializes them by means of their connections to such coevals as the members of the nascent Royal Society, and captures their mental coexistence in mysticism and rationality. A concise explainer, Dolnick furnishes a fine survey introduction to a fertile field of scientific biography and history. --Gilbert Taylor ReviewA lively account of early science. . . . Colorful, entertainingly written and nicely paced. (_Kirkus Reviews_ ) [Dolnick] offers penetrating portraits of the geniuses of the day . . . who offer fertile ground for entertaining writing. [He] has an eye for vivid details in aid of historical recreation, and an affection for his subjects . . . [An] informative read. (_Publishers Weekly_ ) An engrossing read. (_Library Journal_ ) A character-rich, historical narrative. (_Wall Street Journal_ )
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