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Out of the Shadow of a Giant

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Shortlisted for the BSHS Hughes Prize What if Isaac Newton had never lived? Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Whilst Newton is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time, and the father of the English scientific revolution, John and Mary Gribbin uncover the fascinating story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose scientific achievements neatly embrace the hundred years or so during which science as we know it became established in Britain. They argue persuasively that even without Newton science in Britain would have made a great leap forward in the second half of the seventeenth century, headed by two extraordinary men, Hooke and Halley.

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ISBN: 9780008220617
Publication date: 17th May 2018
Author: John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin
Publisher: William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 320 pages
Genres: History of science
Social and cultural history