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    Out of the Shadow of a Giant: How Newton Stood on the Shoulders of Hooke and Halley
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    Out of the Shadow of a Giant: How Newton Stood on the Shoulders of Hooke and Halley

    Written by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin

    Narrated by Peter Noble

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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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateMay 18, 2017
    ISBN9780008220624
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    Out of the Shadow of a Giant: How Newton Stood on the Shoulders of Hooke and Halley
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    John Gribbin

    John Gribbin's numerous bestselling books include In Search of Schrödinger's Cat and Six Impossible Things, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize. He has been described as 'one of the finest and most prolific writers of popular science around' by the Spectator. In 2021, he was made Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex.

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      What a great book. Did not know the history of Robert Hooke. 'Nullius in verba' the Royal Society's motto is taken to mean 'take nobody's word for it', it is "an expression of the determination of Fellows to withstand the domination of authority and to verify all statements by an appeal to facts determined by experiment". And is the heart of science itself! beautiful!

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