Out of the shadow of a giant : Hooke, Halley and the birth of British science
John Gribbin (Author),Mary Gribbin (Author)
"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."--Publisher
Print Book,English, 2017
William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2017
Biographies
xvi, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
9780008220594, 000822059X
966239842
Machine generated contents note: 1.From Freshwater to Oxford
2.The Most Ingenious Book That Ever I Read In My Life
3.Monumental Achievements
4.Meanwhile..
5.From Hackney to the High Seas
6.Of Spring and Secretaryship
7.A Mission of Gravity
8.Halley, Newton and the Comet
9.Not Fade Away
10.To Command a King's Ship
11.Legacies