Allen Lane, 2005. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978071399745.
From the bestselling author of
Science: A History comes the enthralling story of a revolution that shook the world. Seventeenth-century England was racked by civil war, plague and fire; a world ruled by superstition and ignorance. A series of meetings of 'natural philosophers' in Oxford and London saw the beginning of a new method of thinking based on proof and experiment. John Gribbin's gripping, colourful account of this unparalleled time of discovery explores the impact of the Royal Society, culminating with Isaac Newton's revolutionary description of the universe and Edmund Halley's prediction of the return of a comet in 1759. This compelling book shows the triumph not as the work of one isolated genius, but of a Fellowship.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Book one Heralds of the RevolutionScientific Minds
The Philosopher Scientist
Making the Transition
Book two Getting StartedThe Roots of the Royal I: The Oxford Connection
The Roots of the Royal II: The King’s Men
The Man Who Made It Work
Book three Coming of AgeTribulation and Triumph
The Icing on the Cake
Sources and Further Reading
List of Illustrations