The Fellowship: Gilbert, Bacon, Harvey, Wren, Newton, and the Story of a Scientific RevolutionExamines the lives and obsessions of the men associated with the scientific revolution and the birth of the Royal Society in seventeenth-century England including William Gilbert, Francis Bacon, William Harvey, Christopher Wren, and Isaac Newton. |
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Scientific Minds | 3 |
The Philosopher Scientist | 51 |
Making the Transition | 88 |
Copyright | |
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