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In this book, John Gribbin tells the story of the people who made science and the turbulent times they lived in. As well as famous figures such as Copernicus, Darwin and Einstein, there are also the obscure, the eccentric, even the mad. This diverse cast includes, among others, Andreas... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Kepler: Add a description of this character.
- Halley
- Hooke
- Einstein
- Charles Darwin
- Tycho
- Lavoisier
- Priestley
- Boyle
- Davy
- Watson
- Henry Cavendish
- Wallace
- Buffon
- Cuvier
- Maxwell
- Dalton
- Robert
- Thompson
- Lyell
- Flamsteed
- Erasmus
- Newton
- Linnaeus
- James
- Eddington
- William
- Descartes
- Lamarck
- Wegener
- Black
- Hutton
- Harvey
- Ray
- Willughby
- Vesalius
- Mendeleyev
- Agassiz
- Holmes
- Sarpi
- Alpher
- Gilbert
- Bohr
- Mary
- Gamow
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- England
- Cambridge
- Paris
- Europe
- France
- Rome
- Rumford
- Italy
- Rutherford
- Britain
- Germany
- Padua
- Florence
- Edinburgh
- Earth
- Scotland
- Denmark
- Pau
- Venice
- Jupiter
- Manchester
- Glasgow
- Switzerland
- Big Bang
- Graz
- Principia
- Pisa
- Mars
- Oxford
- Munich
- Tuscany
- Prague
- Copenhagen
- Berlin
- Austria
- Ireland
- Sweden
- Halifax
- United States
- America
- Moon
- Spain
- Vienna
- Sicily
- Wollaston
- Bologna
- Zurich
- Tubingen
- Holland
First Sentence edit
The Renaissance was the time when Western Europeans lost their awe of the Ancients and realized that they had as much to contribute to civilization and society as the Greeks and Romans had contributed.
Authors & Contributors edit
- John Gribbin (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 509
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