Out of the shadow of a giant : Hooke, Halley, and the birth of science / John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin.

Author: Gribbin, John, 1946- author.

Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.

Descriptionxvi, 302 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Note:Introduction : out of the shadows -- From Freshwater to Oxford -- The most ingenious book that ever I read in my life -- Monumental achievements -- Meanwhile... -- From Hackney to the high seas -- Of spring and secretaryship -- A mission of gravity -- Halley, Newton and the comet -- Not fade away -- To command a king's ship -- Legacies -- Coda : how to do science.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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