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Newton's apple: Isaac Newton and the English scientific renaissance

In the aftermath of the English Civil War, the Restoration overturned England's medieval outlook and a new way of looking at the world allowed the genius of Isaac Newton (b. 1642) and his contemporaries to flourish. Newton had a long and eventful life apart from his scentific discoveries. He wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aughton, Peter
Language:eng
Published: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2003
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Online Access:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1544513