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

Author/creator Gribbin, John, 1946-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2017.
Descriptionxvi, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 286-289) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017941940
ISBN9780300226751 (hardback)
ISBN0300226756 (hardback)

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