Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, & the Birth of Science

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, & the Birth of Science

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, & the Birth of Science

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, & the Birth of Science

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Overview

The authors of Ice Age “present a well-documented argument that [Newton] owed more to the ideas of others than he admitted” (Kirkus Reviews).
 
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.
 
Although 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. They argue persuasively that, even without Newton, science would have made a great leap forward in the second half of the seventeenth century, headed by two extraordinary figures, Hooke and Halley.
 
“Science readers will thank the Gribbins for restoring Hooke and Halley to the prominence that they deserve.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“Engaging . . . They offer proof that Hooke was an important scientist in his own right, and often had physical insights that were borrowed (usually without acknowledgement) by Newton.”—Choice

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780300231540
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 08/11/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 329
File size: 16 MB
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About the Author

John Gribbin is a British science writer, an astrophysicist, and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. In 1984, Gribbin published perhaps his best-known book, In Search of Schrodinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality. He has written on a variety of topics, including quantum physics, human evolution, climate change, global warming, and the origins of the universe.

Table of Contents

Preface v

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction: Out of the Shadows xi

1 From Freshwater to Oxford 1

2 The Most Ingenious Book That Ever I Read In My Life 25

3 Monumental Achievements 59

4 Meanwhile … 82

5 From Hackney to the High Seas 111

6 Of Spring and Secretaryship 135

7 A Mission of Gravity 159

8 Halley, Newton and the Comet 184

9 Not Fade Away 210

10 To Command a King's Ship 236

11 Legacies 262

Coda: How to do Science 283

Bibliography 286

Index 291

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