Newton's apple : Isaac Newton and the English scientific renaissance
Aughton, Peter, 1940-2003
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'Newton's Apple' sets Newton's life and work against a period of dramatic intellectual rebirth; among his friends and contemporaries were diarist Samuel Pepys, antiquarian John Evelyn, astronomers Edmund Halley and John Flamstead, and architect Christopher Wren.
Main title:
Newton's apple : Isaac Newton and the English scientific renaissance / Peter Aughton.
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Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.
Collation:
215 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), col. map, col. plan ports. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 208) and index.
ISBN:
9780297843214 (hbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
397164