Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World PDF
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CLOCKWORK THE UNIVERSE ALSO BY EDWARD DOLNICK The Forgers Spell The Rescue Artist Down the Great Unknown Madness on the Couch CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World EDWARD DOLNICK HARPER An Imprint o/HarperCollinsP«Mw/7er5 www.harpercollins.com THE CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE. Copyright © 2011 by Edward Dolnick. No All rights reserved. Printed in the United States ofAmerica. part ofthis book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case ofbriefquotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address New NY HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, York, 10022. HarperCollins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information, please write: Special Markets Department, New NY HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, York, 10022. FIRST EDITION Designed by Eric Butler Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for. ISBN: 978-0-0647195U6 987654321 11 12 13 14 15 ov/rrd 10 For Lynn The universe is but a watch on a larger scale. — Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686 CONTENTS Chronology xiii Preface xv PART ONE. CHAOS 1 London, 1660 3 2 Satans Claws 7 3 The End ofthe World 13 4 ''When Spotted Death Ran Arm'd Through Every Street" 20 5 Melancholy Streets 25 6 Fire 29 7 God at His Drawing Table 34 8 The Idea That Unlocked the World 42 9 Euclid and Unicorns 50 10 The Boys' Club 58 11 To the Barricades! 66 12 Dogs and Rascals 72 A 13 Dose of Poison 76 14 Of Mites and Men 83 A 15 Play Without an Audience 90 X / Contents 16 All in Pieces 97 PART TWO. HOPE AND MONSTERS 17 Never Seen Until This Moment 105 Lamb 18 Flies as Big as a 114 19 From Earthworms to Angels 120 20 The Parade ofthe Horribles 126 21 ‘‘Shuddering Before the Beautiful” 129 22 Patterns Made with Ideas 135 23 Gods Strange Cryptography 140 24 The Secret Plan 145 25 Tears ofJoy 152 26 Walrus with a Golden Nose 157 27 Cracking the Cosmic Safe 162 28 The View from the Crows Nest 169 29 Sputnik in Orbit, 1687 177 30 Hidden in Plain Sight 182 31 Two Rocks and a Rope 187 A 32 Fly on the Wall 190 33 ‘‘Euclid Alone Has Looked on Beauty Bare” 194 34 Here Be Monsters! 200 35 Barricaded Against the Beast 207 36 Out ofthe Whirlpool 212 PART THREE. INTO THE LIGHT 37 All Men Are Created Equal 219 38 The Miracle Years 225 39 All Mystery Banished 233 40 Talking Dogs and Unsuspected Powers 237
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